Chapter 117 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 117

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 117.23

तदेवमेतं त्वमनुव्रता सती पतिप्रधाना समयानुवर्तिनी। भव स्वभर्तुः सहधर्मचारिणी यशश्च धर्म च ततः समाप्स्यसि।२९।।

tadevametaṃ tvamanuvratā satī patipradhānā samayānuvartinī| bhava svabhartuḥ sahadharmacāriṇī yaśaśca dharma ca tataḥ samāpsyasi|29||

English Meaning

Therefore following this one, and adopting the course of chaste women, do you prove the associate in virtue of your husband, and then shall you attain both fame and religious merit.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)