Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 118 Shloka 9 - Valmiki Ramayana | Chinese | Vedapath

Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 118, Shloka 9

अनसूयोपदेशः तथा सीताया स्वयंवरकथा

Anasuya’s Counsel and Sita’s Swayamvara Narrative

Devanagari script

नवीकृतं तु तत्सर्वं वाक्यैस्ते धर्मचारिणि।पतिशुश्रूषणान्नार्यास्तपो नान्यद्विधीयते।।2.118.9।।

Transliteration

navīkṛtaṁ tu tat sarvaṁ vākyais te dharma-cāriṇi | pati-śuśrūṣaṇān nāryās tapo nānyad vidhīyate || 2.118.9 ||

Translation

行持正法的贤女啊，你的话使我先前的一切教诲焕然如新；因为对妻子而言，除恭敬奉事夫君之外，并无他种苦行可行。

Word by Word

नवीकृतम्renewed/reminded afresh

तुindeed/but

तत्that

सर्वम्all

वाक्यैःby (your) words

तेyour

धर्मचारिणिO follower of dharma

पति-शुश्रूषणात्from service to the husband (i.e., beyond it)

नार्याःof a woman

तपःausterity/ascetic practice

नnot

अन्यत्other

विधीयतेis prescribed/laid down

Context

My father, on his own accord, bestowed Urmila, my younger sister of chaste and of pleasing appearance as wife to Lakshmana.

Characters & Entities

Sītā

Anasūyā

husband (pati, i.e., Rāma implied)

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

The verse frames marital dharma as a disciplined vow: a wife’s highest tapas is faithful, conscientious service to her husband.

What is the narrative situation?

After hearing Anasūyā’s counsel, Sītā says it has revived earlier teachings from her elders regarding wifely duty.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Devotion and moral clarity—Sītā affirms a single-minded commitment to her chosen dharmic path in marriage.