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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.27.6

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

2.27.6

dyumatsenasutaṃ vīra satyavantam anuvratām
sāvitrīm iva māṃ viddhi tvam ātmavaśavartinīm

Know me, O hero, to be like Sāvitrī, devoted to Satyavān the son of Dyumatsena—wholly obedient and true to you.

Words: dyumatsenasutaṃ — the son of Dyumatsena; vīra — O hero; satyavantam — Satyavān; anuvratām — devoted (to him); sāvitrīm — Sāvitrī; iva — like; māṃ — me; viddhi — know; tvam — you; ātmavaśavartinīm — wholly under your will, obedient

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.