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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.27.5

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: she compares her commitment to Sāvitrī's devotion to Satyavān and objects to being left in other people's care

2.27.5

kiṃ hi kṛtvā viṣaṇṇas tvaṃ kuto vā bhayam asti te
yat parityaktukāmas tvaṃ mām ananyaparāyaṇām

What have you done to be so dejected, or from what quarter comes your fear, that you wish to abandon me, who am devoted to none but you?

Words: kiṃ — what; hi — indeed; kṛtvā — having done; viṣaṇṇas — despondent, dejected; tvaṃ — you; kuto — from where; vā — or; bhayam — fear; asti — is; te — to you; yat — that; parityaktukāmas — wishing to abandon; tvaṃ — you; mām — me; ananyaparāyaṇām — devoted to none but (you)

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.