Valmiki Ramayana 2.27.12: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 27, Shloka 12
सीताया वनगमननिश्चयः
Sita’s Resolve to Accompany Rama to the Forest
शुश्रूषमाणा ते नित्यं नियता ब्रह्मचारिणी ।
सह रंस्ये त्वया वीर वनेषु मधुगन्धिषु ॥१२॥
śuśrūṣamāṇā te nityaṃ niyatā brahmacāriṇī |
saha raṃsye tvayā vīra vaneṣu madhugandhiṣu ||12||
നിത്യവും അങ്ങയെ സേവിച്ചു, സംയമത്തോടെ ബ്രഹ്മചര്യവ്രതം അനുഷ്ഠിച്ച്, ഹേ വീരാ, മധുസുഗന്ധമുള്ള വനങ്ങളിൽ അങ്ങോടൊപ്പം ഞാൻ സഞ്ചരിക്കും.
I shall wander with you, O heroic Rama! in the honey-scented forest remaining self-possessed, always doing your service, and observing the vow of celibacy.
FAQs
Dharma is disciplined devotion: service (śuśrūṣā) and self-restraint are presented as the ethical way to share hardship.
Sītā outlines how she will live during exile—serving Rāma and maintaining austere conduct.
Self-control (niyama) joined with loving commitment.
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