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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.109.23
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
2.109.23
nagarastho vanastho vā pāpo vā yadi vāśubhaḥ
yāsāṃ strīṇāṃ priyo bhartā tāsāṃ lokā mahodayāḥ
Those women to whom their husband is dear — whether he dwell in the city or the forest, whether wicked or ill-fated — theirs are the worlds of great felicity.
Words: nagarastho — dwelling in a city; vanastho vā — or dwelling in the forest; pāpo vā — or wicked; yadi vāśubhaḥ — or if ill-fated; yāsāṃ strīṇāṃ — of which women; priyo bhartā — the husband is dear; tāsāṃ — of them, theirs; lokā — the worlds; mahodayāḥ — of great felicity
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.