Chapter 71 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 71

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 71.19

सीतां रामाय भद्रं ते ऊर्मिलां लक्ष्मणाय वै। वीर्यशुल्कां मम सुतां सीतां सुरसुतोपमाम्॥ द्वितीयामुर्मिलां चैव त्रिर्वदामि न संशयः। ददामि परमप्रीतो वध्वौ ते मुनिपुङ्गव॥

sītāṃ rāmāya bhadraṃ te ūrmilāṃ lakṣmaṇāya vai| vīryaśulkāṃ mama sutāṃ sītāṃ surasutopamām|| dvitīyāmurmilāṃ caiva trirvadāmi na saṃśayaḥ| dadāmi paramaprīto vadhvau te munipuṅgava||

English Meaning

Sītā on Rāma, good betide you, and Urmilā on Laksmana. And, I take oath thrice that, without doubt, I will with a glad heart confer upon you, O potent ascetic, as your daughters-in-law my second daughter Urmilā and also Sītā resembling the daughter of a celestial, having prowess assigned for her dower.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)