Shloka 2.118.28
अनसूयोपदेशः तथा सीताया स्वयंवरकथा (Anasuya’s Counsel and Sita’s Swayamvara Narrative)
तस्य लाङ्गलहस्तन्य कर्षतः क्षेत्रमण्डलम्।अहं किलोत्थिता भित्वा जगतीं नृपतेस्सुता।।2.118.28।।
tasya lāṅgalahastasya karṣataḥ kṣetramaṇḍalam | ahaṃ kilotthitā bhitvā jagatīṃ nṛpateḥ sutā ||2.118.28||
As he, plough in hand, was tilling the sacred sacrificial plot, it is said that I arose, breaking open the earth; thus I became the king’s daughter.
When he was ploughing the circular plot of land for performing a sacrifice, it is said I emerged from the earth by breaking it and therefore I became his dauhghter.
The verse links dharma with sacred order: Sītā’s emergence occurs in a ritual-agricultural context, suggesting that righteous action (yajña/ordered duty) becomes a ground for auspicious outcomes.
Sītā narrates her miraculous origin—arising from the earth while Janaka ploughs a ritual plot.
Janaka’s dutiful engagement in righteous rites and responsibilities, within which Sītā’s destiny unfolds.