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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.109.21

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 109: Rāma leaves Citrakūṭa for Atri. Family memories and the army’s animal waste prompt departure, Atri recounts Anasūyā’s relief of a ten-year drought and sends Sītā to her

In the sequence: Anasūyā praises her willingness to leave wealth and family to accompany her husband

2.109.21

tataḥ sītāṃ mahābhāgāṃ dṛṣṭvā tāṃ dharmacāriṇīm
sāntvayanty abravīd dhṛṣṭā diṣṭyā dharmam avekṣase

Then, seeing that illustrious, dharma-observing Sītā, she, delighted, spoke soothingly: “By good fortune you have regard for dharma!

Words: tataḥ — then; sītāṃ — Sītā; mahābhāgāṃ — the illustrious; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; tāṃ — that; dharmacāriṇīm — observer of dharma (fem); sāntvayanty — soothing, consoling; abravīd — she said; dhṛṣṭā — delighted; diṣṭyā — by good fortune; dharmam — dharma; avekṣase — you regard, look to

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.