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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.110.12

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 110: Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story. Sītā receives clothing, ornaments and unfading cosmetic, then recounts her earth-birth, the bow and marriage

In the sequence: she recalls the guidance of her mother at the wedding and Kausalyā before the exile, saying Anasūyā has reinforced it

2.110.12

evaṃvidhāś ca pravarāḥ striyo bhartṛdṛḍhavratāḥ
devaloke mahīyante puṇyena svena karmaṇā

And such excellent women, firm in their vows to their husbands, are exalted in the world of the gods by their own meritorious deeds.”

Words: evaṃvidhāś — of such kind; ca — and; pravarāḥ — excellent, foremost; striyo — women; bhartṛdṛḍhavratāḥ — firm in vows to their husbands; devaloke — in the world of the gods; mahīyante — are exalted; puṇyena — by meritorious; svena — their own; karmaṇā — deed

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.