Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 24: Sītā claims a share in the exile · 2.24.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.24.1

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 24: Sītā claims a share in the exile. She insists that a wife shares her husband’s fate and chooses forest hardship with Rāma over comfort without him

In the sequence: Sītā objects that a wife shares her husband's fortune, so the exile applies to her too

2.24.1

evam uktā tu vaidehī priyārhā priyavādinī
praṇayād eva saṃkruddhā bhartāram idam abravīt

Thus addressed, the princess of Videha, worthy of love and sweet of speech, angered out of very love, said this to her husband:

Words: evam uktā tu — but thus addressed; vaidehī — the princess of Videha; priyārhā — worthy of love; priyavādinī — sweet of speech; praṇayād eva — out of very love; saṃkruddhā — angered; bhartāram — to her husband; idam abravīt — said this

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.