Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 30, Shloka 6
सीताया वनानुगमननिश्चयः
Sita’s Resolve to Accompany Rama to the Forest
द्युमत्सेनसुतं वीर सत्यवन्तमनुव्रताम्।सावित्रीमिव मां विद्धि त्वमात्मवशवर्तिनीम्।।2.30.6।।
dyumatsenasutaṃ vīra satyavantam anuvratām |
sāvitrīm iva māṃ viddhi tvam ātmavaśavartinīm ||2.30.6||
အို သူရဲကောင်း၊ ကျွန်မကို သာဝိထရီကဲ့သို့ဟု သိမှတ်ပါ—ဒျုမတ်စေန၏ သား စတျဝန်ကို သစ္စာတည်ကြည်စွာ အနုဝရတဖြင့် လိုက်နာခဲ့သကဲ့သို့—ကျွန်မလည်း သင်၏အလိုတော်အောက်၌ နေထိုင်မည်ဖြစ်သည်။
Give away your jewels to brahmins who need them and food to religious mendicants. Hurry up! Do not delay.
FAQs
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.