Sunu Sita tav nam sumiri nari

Soratha 5 (b) · Aranya Kand

Soratha Text

सुनु सीता तव नाम सुमिरि नारि पतिब्रत करहिं। तोहि प्रानप्रिय राम कहिउँ कथा संसार हित॥ ५ (ख) ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

sunu sītā tava nāma sumiri nāri patibrata karahiṃ। tohi prānapriya rāma kahiuṃ kathā saṃsāra hita॥ 5 (b) ॥

Meaning

O Sita, listen: even by remembering your name, women will practice the vow of fidelity. Since Rama is dear to you as life itself, I have spoken this account of fidelity for the welfare of the world.

Context

This is Soratha 5 (b) from Aranya Kand, in the episode “Anasuya Instructs Sita”. The episode describes Sita's meeting with Anasuya and her teaching on the sacred vow of wifely devotion.

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