Chapter 116 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 116

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 116.7

कच्चिच्छुश्रूषमाणा वः शुश्रूषणपरा मयि। प्रमदाभ्युचितां वृत्तिं सीता युक्तां न वर्तते।७।।

kaccicchuśrūṣamāṇā vaḥ śuśrūṣaṇaparā mayi| pramadābhyucitāṃ vṛttiṃ sītā yuktāṃ na vartate|7||

English Meaning

Does not Sītā engaged in serving you, having to serve me, now minister to you as a woman should?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)