Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 118, Shloka 54
अनसूयोपदेशः तथा सीताया स्वयंवरकथा
Anasuya’s Counsel and Sita’s Swayamvara Narrative
एवं दत्ताऽस्मि रामाय तदा तस्मिन्स्वयंवरे।अनुरक्ताऽस्मि धर्मेण पतिं वीर्यवतां वरम्।।2.118.54।।
evaṁ dattā 'smi rāmāya tadā tasmin svayaṁvare | anuraktā 'smi dharmeṇa patiṁ vīryavatāṁ varam || 2.118.54 ||
ដូច្នេះ នៅក្នុងពិធីស្វយំវរ នោះ ខ្ញុំត្រូវបានប្រគល់ជាព្រះភរិយាដល់ព្រះរាម; ហើយតាមធម៌ ខ្ញុំស្ថិតក្នុងសេចក្តីស្រឡាញ់ស្មោះត្រង់ចំពោះព្រះស្វាមី អ្នកល្អឥតខ្ចោះក្នុងចំណោមវីរបុរសទាំងឡាយ។
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.
FAQs
Dharma is steadfast marital fidelity: Sītā frames her devotion to Rāma as a righteous commitment, not merely emotion.
Sītā concludes her recollection of the svayaṁvara and affirms her continuing devotion to Rāma.
Loyalty grounded in dharma—Sītā’s unwavering commitment to her husband as a sacred duty.