Chapter 27 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 27

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 27.9

अनुशिष्टास्मि मात्रा च पित्रा च विविधाश्रयम्। नास्मि सम्प्रति वक्तव्या वर्तितव्यं यथा मया॥

anuśiṣṭāsmi mātrā ca pitrā ca vividhāśrayam| nāsmi samprati vaktavyā vartitavyaṃ yathā mayā||

English Meaning

I have been taught by my father and mother to follow my husband in all conditions of life; and I shall carry out now what I have been taught; I shall not abide by any other counsel.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)