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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.24.8
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 reminds him that her parents have already taught her her responsibilities and says she can live happily in the forest while caring for him
2.24.8
anuśiṣṭāsmi mātrā ca pitrā ca vividhāśrayam
nāsmi saṃprati vaktavyā vartitavyaṃ yathā mayā
I have been instructed by my mother and my father in various matters; I need not now be told how I ought to conduct myself.
Words: anuśiṣṭāsmi — I have been instructed; mātrā ca — by my mother; pitrā ca — and by my father; vividhāśrayam — on various grounds; nāsmi — I am not; saṃprati — now; vaktavyā — to be told; vartitavyaṃ — how to conduct oneself; yathā mayā — as by me
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.