Aranya Kaanda Sita's meeting with Anasuya (Atriís wife) and the latter's discourse on the duties of a devoted wife - Sortas
Ramcharitmanas · Aranya Kaanda Sita's meeting with Anasuya (Atriís wife) and the latter's discourse on the duties of a devoted wife · Verse Sortas 2126
Sanskrit Original
सहज अपावनि नारि पति सेवत सुभ गति लहइ। जसु गावत श्रुति चारि अजहु तुलसिका हरिहि प्रिय।।5(क)।। सुनु सीता तव नाम सुमिर नारि पतिब्रत करहि। तोहि प्रानप्रिय राम कहिउँ कथा संसार हित।।5(ख)।।
sahaja apāvani nāri pati sēvata subha gati lahai. jasu gāvata śruti cāri ajahu tulasikā harihi priya..5ka.. sanu sītā tava nāma sumira nāri patibrata karahi. tōhi prānapriya rāma kahiu kathā saṃsāra hita..5kha..
A woman is impure by her very birth; but she attains a happy state (hereafter) by serving her lord. (It is due to her loyalty to her husband that) Tulasi is loved by Sri Hari even to this day and her glory is sung by all the four Vedas. Listen, Sita: women will maintain their vow of fidelity to their husband by invoking your very name, Sri Rama being dear to you as your own life. It is for the good of the world that I have spoken to you on the subject."