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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.111.13

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 111: Departure from Atri’s hermitage. Sītā wears Anasūyā’s gifts, Rāma, Sītā & Lakṣmaṇa receive warnings of rākṣasas and take the forest path

In the sequence: Sītā dresses, bows, and rejoins him → Rāma is pleased, and she explains Anasūyā's gifts; Lakṣmaṇa too rejoices at the exceptional honor shown to her

2.111.13

tathā tu bhūṣitāṃ sītāṃ dadarśa vadatāṃ varaḥ
rāghavaḥ prītidānena tapasvinyā jaharṣa ca

And Rāghava, best of speakers, beheld Sītā thus adorned, and rejoiced at the loving gift of the ascetic-woman.

Words: tathā — thus; tu — and; bhūṣitāṃ sītāṃ — Sītā adorned; dadarśa — beheld, saw; vadatāṃ varaḥ — the best of speakers; rāghavaḥ — Rāghava; prītidānena — by the loving gift; tapasvinyā — of the ascetic-woman; jaharṣa — rejoiced; ca — and

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.