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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.24.11

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: she promises to eat roots and fruit without becoming a burden, and looks forward to seeing rivers, mountains, and woods under his protection

2.24.11

tvaṃ hi kartuṃ vane śakto rāma saṃparipālanam
anyasya pai janasyeha kiṃ punar mama mānada

For you, Rāma, are able in the forest to protect even another person here—how much more me, O bestower of honor?

Words: tvaṃ hi — for you; kartuṃ — to give, do; vane — in the forest; śakto — able; rāma — O Rāma; saṃparipālanam — complete protection; anyasya — of another; pai — even (emphatic particle); janasyeha — of a person here; kiṃ punar — how much more; mama — me, mine; mānada — O bestower of honor

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.