Valmiki Ramayana 2.118.7: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 118, Shloka 7
अनसूयोपदेशः तथा सीताया स्वयंवरकथा
Anasuya’s Counsel and Sita’s Swayamvara Narrative
आगच्छन्त्याश्च विजनं वनमेवं भयावहम्।समाहितं मे श्वश्र्वा च हृदये तद्धृतं महत्।।2.118.7।।
āgacchantyāś ca vijanaṁ vanam evaṁ bhayāvaham | samāhitaṁ me śvaśrvā ca hṛdaye tad dhṛtaṁ mahat || 2.118.7 ||
جب میں اس ویران اور ہولناک جنگل کی طرف روانہ ہوئی، تو میری ساس نے جو عظیم نصیحت مجھے دی تھی وہ میرے اندر جاگزیں ہوگئی، اور میں نے اسے اپنے دل میں مضبوطی سے تھام رکھا۔
Then Rama did not accept the offer of my father straightaway before he knew the opinion of his father Dasaratha, king of Ayodhya.
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Dharma is sustained by śikṣā (wise counsel) and inner steadiness: one carries righteous instruction into hardship and lives by it.
Sītā recalls the advice she received from her mother-in-law at the time of departing for forest-exile.
Steadfastness and receptivity to guidance—Sītā’s commitment to remember and embody the elders’ counsel in adversity.
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