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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.27.3

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 27: Rāma agrees that Sītā will accompany him. Sītā rejects separation despite every hardship, Rāma agrees to take her and asks her to distribute their possessions

In the sequence: Sītā challenges Rāma's courage and asks why he fears taking a wife who is devoted to him

2.27.3

kiṃ tvāmanyata vaidehaḥ pitā me mithilādhipaḥ
rāma jāmātaraṃ prāpya striyaṃ puruṣavigraham

What, O Rāma, did my father Vaideha, the lord of Mithilā, take you for, when he got as a son-in-law a woman in the guise of a man?

Words: kiṃ — what, for what; tvāmanyata — did he take you to be; vaidehaḥ — the king of Videha; pitā — father; me — my; mithilādhipaḥ — lord of Mithilā; rāma — O Rāma; jāmātaraṃ — as son-in-law; prāpya — having obtained; striyaṃ — a woman; puruṣavigraham — in the form of a man

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.