Valmiki Ramayana 2.30.16: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 30, Shloka 16
सीताया वनानुगमननिश्चयः · Sita’s Resolve to Accompany Rama to the Forest
न मातुर्न पितुस्तत्र स्मरिष्यामि न वेश्मनः ।
आर्तवान्युपभुञ्जाना पुष्पाणि च फलानि च ॥१६॥
na mātur na pitus tatra smariṣyāmi na veśmanaḥ |
ārtavāny upabhuñjānā puṣpāṇi ca phalāni ca ||16||
Dort im Wald, die Blumen und Früchte der Jahreszeiten genießend, werde ich weder nach meiner Mutter noch nach meinem Vater verlangen, ja nicht einmal nach dem häuslichen Komfort.
Enjoying the seasonal flowers and fruits in the forest, I will not remember my mother or father or home.
FAQs
Dharma is prioritizing rightful commitment: Sītā asserts that her chosen duty with her husband outweighs attachment to parental home and comfort.
Sītā argues she can adapt to forest life and will not be emotionally destabilized by missing palace life or family if she is with Rāma.
Detachment (vairāgya) and resolve—she frames exile not as deprivation but as a shared way of life.
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