Ramayana — 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।।।।
śuśrūṣamāṇā te nityaṃ niyatā brahmacāriṇī | saha raṃsye tvayā vīra vaneṣu madhugandhiṣu ||
ਮੈਂ ਸਦਾ ਤੁਹਾਡੀ ਸੇਵਾ ਕਰਦੀ, ਸੰਯਮਵਾਨ, ਬ੍ਰਹਮਚਰਜ੍ਯ ਦੇ ਵਰਤ ਦੀ ਪਾਲਣਾ ਕਰਦੀ, ਹੇ ਵੀਰ, ਮਧੁ-ਸੁਗੰਧਿਤ ਵਨਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਤੁਹਾਡੇ ਨਾਲ ਵਿਹਾਰ ਕਰਾਂਗੀ।
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.