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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.108.7

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 108: The ṛṣis leave Citrakūṭa. Rākṣasas assault the tapasvins and disrupt their rites, the community departs for another hermitage despite Rāma’s appeal to remain

In the sequence: he asks their senior ṛṣi whether he, Lakṣmaṇa, or Sītā has behaved improperly

2.108.7

kaccic chuśrūṣamāṇā vaḥ śuśrūṣaṇaparā mayi
pramadābhyucitāṃ vṛttiṃ sītā yuktaṃ na vartate

I trust that Sītā, who attends upon you and is devoted to serving me, does not fall short of the conduct befitting a woman?

Words: kaccic — perhaps, I trust; chuśrūṣamāṇā — serving, attending; vaḥ — you (all); śuśrūṣaṇaparā — devoted to service; mayi — toward me; pramadābhyucitāṃ — befitting a woman; vṛttiṃ — conduct; sītā — Sītā; yuktaṃ — fittingly, properly; na vartate — does she not maintain

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.