
Ramayana · Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 30, Verse 3
Ramayana 2.30.3
किं त्वाऽमन्यत वैदेहः पिता मे मिथिलाधिपः।राम जामातरं प्राप्य स्त्रियं पुरुषविग्रहम्।।2.30.3।।
kiṃ tvā amanyata vaidehaḥ pitā me mithilādhipaḥ | rāma jāmātaraṃ prāpya striyaṃ puruṣa-vigraham || 2.30.3 ||
O Rāma—when my father, the king of Mithilā, accepted you as his son-in-law, did he imagine you to be a woman wearing the form of a man?