Chapter 37 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 37

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 37.20

आत्मा हि दाराः सर्वेषां दारसंग्रहवर्तिनाम्। आत्मेयमिति रामस्य पालयिष्यति मेदिनीम्॥ पादपैः सह।

ātmā hi dārāḥ sarveṣāṃ dārasaṃgrahavartinām| ātmeyamiti rāmasya pālayiṣyati medinīm|| pādapaiḥ saha|

English Meaning

Of all those that marry, the wife is the (other) soul. Șītā will govern the earth, as she is Rāma's self.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)