Valmiki Ramayana 2.118.54 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 118, Shloka 54

अनसूयोपदेशः तथा सीताया स्वयंवरकथा

Anasuya’s Counsel and Sita’s Swayamvara Narrative

Devanagari script

एवं दत्ताऽस्मि रामाय तदा तस्मिन्स्वयंवरे।अनुरक्ताऽस्मि धर्मेण पतिं वीर्यवतां वरम्।।2.118.54।।

Transliteration

evaṁ dattā 'smi rāmāya tadā tasmin svayaṁvare | anuraktā 'smi dharmeṇa patiṁ vīryavatāṁ varam || 2.118.54 ||

Translation

આ રીતે તે સ્વયંવરમાં મને શ્રીરામને અર્પી દેવામાં આવી; અને ધર્મ અનુસાર હું પરાક્રમીોમાં શ્રેષ્ઠ એવા પતિ પ્રત્યે અનુરક્ત રહી છું.

Word by Word

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun, Genitive (षष्ठी), Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चय-निपात)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (अवधारण-निपात)

• anujā: younger sister
• anujā: Karta (कर्ता) (of passive: ‘was given’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anujā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular

• sādhvī: virtuous/chaste
• sādhvī: Karta (कर्ता) (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sādhvī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular; qualifying anujā/ūrmilā

• ūrmilā: Urmila
• ūrmilā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ūrmilā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular

• priyadarśanā: pleasing to behold
• priyadarśanā: Karta (कर्ता) (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: priya (प्रातिपदिक) + darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Karmadhāraya (कर्मधारय): ‘pleasant in appearance’; Feminine, Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular; qualifying ūrmilā

• bhāryārthe: as wife/for marriage
• bhāryārthe: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Compound (तत्पुरुष): bhāryāyāḥ arthe ‘for the purpose of (being) wife’; Masculine, Locative (सप्तमी), Singular used adverbially

• lakṣmaṇasya: of/for Lakshmana
• lakṣmaṇasya: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान) (recipient relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (षष्ठी), Singular

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (समुच्चय/अपि-निपात)

• dattā: was given
• dattā: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (दा) (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Kta-participle, Feminine, Nominative, Singular; passive predicate

• pitrā: by (my) father
• pitrā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (तृतीया), Singular

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun, Genitive (षष्ठी), Singular

• svayam: himself/of his own accord
• svayam: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: Reflexive adverb (स्वयम्-अव्यय)

Context

O righteous one (Anasuya), after listening to your words the instructions given by mymother-in-law and my mother are renewed (remembered again). For a woman, no other penance is laid down (in scriptures) except service to her husband.

Characters & Entities

• Sītā
• Rāma
• svayaṁvara

FAQs

What is the core ethical principle (Dharma) in this verse?

Dharma is steadfast marital fidelity: Sītā frames her devotion to Rāma as a righteous commitment, not merely emotion.

What is the narrative situation?

Sītā concludes her recollection of the svayaṁvara and affirms her continuing devotion to Rāma.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Loyalty grounded in dharma—Sītā’s unwavering commitment to her husband as a sacred duty.