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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.110.8
Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 110: Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story. Sītā receives clothing, ornaments and unfading cosmetic, then recounts her earth-birth, the bow and marriage
In the sequence: she recalls the guidance of her mother at the wedding and Kausalyā before the exile, saying Anasūyā has reinforced it
2.110.8
prāṇipradānakāle ca yat purā tv agnisaṃnidhau
anuśiṣṭā jananyāsmi vākyaṃ tad api me dhṛtam
And the words with which my mother instructed me long ago at the giving of the hand, there in the presence of the sacred fire — those too I have kept.
Words: prāṇipradānakāle — at the time of the giving of the hand (in marriage); ca — and; yat — which; purā — formerly, long ago; tv — indeed; agnisaṃnidhau — in the presence of the fire; anuśiṣṭā — instructed; jananyāsmi — I was ... by my mother; vākyaṃ — the word, counsel; tad — that; api — too; me — by me; dhṛtam — held, kept
Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.