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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.27.29

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 27: Rāma agrees that Sītā will accompany him. Sītā rejects separation despite every hardship, Rāma agrees to take her and asks her to distribute their possessions

In the sequence: he asks her to distribute jewels, food, and gifts before they leave → delighted, Sītā immediately begins.

2.27.29

eṣa dharmas tu suśroṇi pitur mātuś ca vaśyatā
ataś cājñāṃ vyatikramya nāhaṃ jīvitum utsahe

This too is dharma, O fair-hipped one—obedience to father and mother; and so, having transgressed their command, I could not bear to live.

Words: eṣa — this; dharmas — dharma; tu — indeed; suśroṇi — O fair-hipped one; pitur — of (one's) father; mātuś — of mother; ca — and; vaśyatā — obedience, submission; ataś — therefore; cājñāṃ — and the command; vyatikramya — having transgressed; nāhaṃ — I not; jīvitum — to live; utsahe — I am able, dare

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.