Shloka 2.30.43
सीताया वनानुगमननिश्चयः — Sita’s Resolve to Accompany Rama to the Forest
ब्राह्मणेभ्यश्च रत्नानि भिक्षुकेभ्यश्च भोजनम्।देहि चाशंसमानेभ्य स्सन्त्वरस्व च मा चिरम्।।2.30.43।।
dyumatsenasutaṃ vīra satyavantam anuvratām |
sāvitrīm iva māṃ viddhi tvam ātmavaśavartinīm ||2.30.6||
O hero, know me to be like Sāvitrī—faithfully devoted to Satyavān, son of Dyumatsena—ever living in accordance with your will.
Give away your jewels to brahmins who need them and food to religious mendicants. Hurry up! Do not delay.
Dharma is presented as fidelity and constancy in marriage: Sītā frames her commitment through the exemplar of Sāvitrī, associating righteousness with unwavering loyalty and truthfulness.
Sītā argues for her inseparability from Rāma by invoking a well-known dharmic model (Sāvitrī), reinforcing that she will follow him even into hardship.
Sītā’s anuvrata nature—faithful adherence to her spouse and vows—anchored in cultural memory of exemplary virtue.