Chapter 118 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 118

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 118.19

सा वस्त्रमङ्गरागं च भूषणानि स्रजस्तथा। मैथिली प्रतिजग्राह प्रीतिदानमनुत्तमम्॥ प्रतिगृह्य च तत् सीता प्रीतिदानं यशस्विनी। श्लिष्टाञ्जलिपुटा धीरा समुपास्त तपोधनाम्॥

sā vastramaṅgarāgaṃ ca bhūṣaṇāni srajastathā| maithilī pratijagrāha prītidānamanuttamam|| pratigṛhya ca tat sītā prītidānaṃ yaśasvinī| śliṣṭāñjalipuṭā dhīrā samupāsta tapodhanām||

English Meaning

Thereupon Mithila's daughter accepted those things presented to her out of love, viz., the apparel, the paint, the ornaments and the garland. Having accepted those accepted those presents conferred on her from love, that illustrious one, Sītā, quietly sat beside the female ascetic with joined hands.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)