Valmiki Ramayana 2.29.2 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 29, Shloka 2
सीताया वनगमननिश्चयः
Sita’s Resolve to Accompany Rama to the Forest
ये त्वया कीर्तिता दोषा वने वस्तव्यतां प्रति।गुणानित्येव तान्विद्धि तव स्नेहपुरस्कृतान्।।।।
ye tvayā kīrtitā doṣā vane vastavyatāṃ prati | guṇān ity eva tān viddhi tava snehapuraskṛtān ||
جنگل میں رہنے کے بارے میں جو دشواریاں تم نے گنوائیں، انہیں عیب نہ سمجھو؛ جان لو کہ اگر تمہاری محبت کو پیشِ نظر رکھ کر انہیں سہا جائے تو وہی گُن بن جاتی ہیں۔
O Rama, I am faithful and devoted to you. I have equal disposition to happiness and sorrow. I equally share your prosperity and adversity. Therefore, you should take your wife (to the forest). In this time of distress.
FAQs
Dharma is reinterpreted as inner orientation: when one walks the righteous path together, suffering transforms into merit (guṇa) through love, loyalty, and right intention.
Rāma has enumerated dangers of forest life; Sītā responds that those dangers become acceptable—even valuable—if she can be with him.
Sītā’s resilience and dharmic optimism: she reframes adversity as spiritually meaningful when aligned with righteous companionship.
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