Five Boons A Tapasvini Could Ask For

“I have heard, O Sita, that your hand in marriage was won by the renowned Raghava on the occasion of the self-choice ceremony [svayamvara]. O Maithili, I wish to hear that story in detail. Therefore please narrate to me the entire sequence of events as you experienced them.” (Valmiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kand, 118.24-25)