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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.110.7
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
2.110.7
āgacchantyāś ca vijanaṃ vanam evaṃ bhayāvaham
samāhitaṃ hi me śvaśrvā hṛdaye yat sthitaṃ mama
And as I was coming to this desolate and so fearsome forest, the counsel my mother-in-law impressed upon me has stayed firm-set in my heart.
Words: āgacchantyāś — of me as I was coming; ca — and; vijanaṃ — desolate, unpeopled; vanam — forest; evaṃ — thus, so; bhayāvaham — fear-bringing, fearsome; samāhitaṃ — impressed, enjoined; hi — for; me — by me; śvaśrvā — by my mother-in-law; hṛdaye — in the heart; yat — which; sthitaṃ — remains fixed; mama — my
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.