Shloka 2.117.2
अत्र्याश्रमगमनम् तथा अनसूयोपदेशः (Arrival at Atri’s Hermitage and Anasuya’s Counsel)
इह मे भरतो दृष्टो मातरश्च सनागराः।सा च मे स्मृतिरन्वेति तान्नित्यमनुशोचतः।।।।
abhivādya ca vaidehī tāpasīṃ tām aninditām |
baddhāñjali-puṭā hṛṣṭā paryapṛcchad anāmayam ||
And after offering homage to that blameless ascetic, Vaidehī—hands joined in reverence, and with gladness—asked about her well-being.
It is here that Bharata, mothers along with citizens of Ayodhya have visited me. That memory soaked with grief is chasing me.
Dharma in social conduct includes respectful greeting and concern for another’s welfare; courtesy is treated as a moral practice grounded in sincerity (satya) and compassion.
Sītā completes the formal approach to Anasūyā by saluting her and asking after her health.
Sītā’s gentleness and propriety—she combines reverence with warm, humane concern.