Valmiki Ramayana 2.117.8: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 117, Shloka 8

अत्र्याश्रमगमनम् तथा अनसूयोपदेशः

Arrival at Atri’s Hermitage and Anasuya’s Counsel

Devanagari script

आनसूयां महाभागां तापसीं धर्मचारिणीम्प्रतिगृह्णीष्व वैदेहीमब्रवीदृषिसत्तमः।रामाय चाऽचचक्षे तां तापसीं धर्मचारिणीम्।।।।

Sanskrit recitationValmiki Ramayana 2.117.8

Transliteration

ānasūyāṃ mahābhāgāṃ tāpasīṃ dharmacāriṇīm pratigṛhṇīṣva vaidehīm abravīd ṛṣisattamaḥ | rāmāya cācacakṣe tāṃ tāpasīṃ dharmacāriṇīm ||

Translation

Resi yang utama berkata kepada Anasūyā yang mulia—seorang tapasvinī yang menegakkan laku dharma—“Terimalah Vaidehī.” Dan kepada Rāma juga baginda menyebut tentang pertapa wanita itu, yang teguh dalam dharma.

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Word by Word

• ānasūyām: Anasuya
• ānasūyām: Karma (कर्म) (object of 'receive')
• Type: Noun
• Root: anasūyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• mahābhāgām: highly virtuous
• mahābhāgām: Karma (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā-bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Karmadhāraya compound; Feminine, Accusative, Singular; qualifying ānasūyām

• tāpasīm: female ascetic
• tāpasīm: Karma (apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāpasī (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular; apposition to ānasūyām

• dharmacāriṇīm: practising righteousness
• dharmacāriṇīm: Karma (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dharma-cāriṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa compound; Feminine, Accusative, Singular; qualifying ānasūyām/tāpasīm

• pratigṛhṇīṣva: receive
• pratigṛhṇīṣva: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: prati-√grah (धातु)
• Form: Tinganta, Imperative (लोट्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular; 'receive/accept'

• vaidehīm: Vaidehi (Sita)
• vaidehīm: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन) (addressee)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaidehī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular; addressed/commanded person (vocative sense though accusative used as object of speech)

• abravīt: said
• abravīt: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √brū (धातु)
• Form: Tinganta, Imperfect (लङ्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular

• ṛṣisattamaḥ: best of sages
• ṛṣisattamaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi-sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa compound; Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• rāmāya: to Rama
• rāmāya: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, conjunction

• ācacakṣe: related / told
• ācacakṣe: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√cakṣ (धातु)
• Form: Tinganta, Perfect (लिट्), Ātmanepada, 3rd person, Singular; 'told/related'

• tām: her
• tām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Feminine, Accusative, Singular; refers to ānasūyā/tāpasī

• tāpasīm: the ascetic woman
• tāpasīm: Karma (apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāpasī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular; apposition to tām

• dharmacāriṇīm: righteous in conduct
• dharmacāriṇīm: Karma (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dharma-cāriṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa; Feminine, Accusative, Singular; qualifying tāpasīm

Context

Atri, who was excellent among the sages said to his ascetic wife who was highly virtuous and an adherent of righteousness, Welcome Sita. Thereafter, he related to Rama a story about his asetic wife who follows the ways of righteousness.

Characters & Entities

• Atri
• Anasūyā
• Sītā (Vaidehī)
• Rāma

FAQs

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

Honouring dharmic persons and entrusting care appropriately: Atri directs Anasūyā to receive Sītā, reflecting orderly, righteous hospitality.

What is the narrative situation?

Atri instructs his wife Anasūyā to welcome Sītā and then describes Anasūyā’s dharmic stature to Rāma.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Anasūyā’s steadfast dharma as an ascetic woman, publicly affirmed by Atri.