Shloka 2.118.52
अनसूयोपदेशः तथा सीताया स्वयंवरकथा (Anasuya’s Counsel and Sita’s Swayamvara Narrative)
तत श्श्वशुरमामन्त्र्य वृद्धं दशरथं नृपम्।मम पित्रा त्वहं दत्ता रामाय विदितात्मने।।2.118.52।।
pāṇi-pradāna-kāle ca yat purā tv agni-sannidhau | anuśiṣṭā jananyā asmi vākyaṁ tad api me dhṛtam || 2.118.8 ||
And the words with which my mother instructed me earlier, at the time my hand was given in marriage in the presence of the sacred fire—those too I have kept fast within me.
Thereafter, my father-in-law, the aged king Dasaratha was invited and my father offered me to Rama known for his sagacity.
Dharma in marriage is anchored in remembered vows and parental instruction, witnessed by sacred ritual (Agni) and upheld through life’s trials.
Sītā tells Anasūyā that she still holds the teachings her mother gave her during the marriage ceremony.
Fidelity to sacred commitments—Sītā’s unwavering remembrance of marital dharma and the sanctity of rites.