Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 118: Conversation Between Sītā and Anasūyā
Chapter Summary
Sītā-devī described Rāmacandra’s auspicious qualities to Anasūyā and asserted that if even a man without auspicious qualities should be served faithfully by his wife, how much should a husband with auspicious qualities be served by her? Sītā-devī said that she had already been instructed by her mother and so on about the duties of a chaste woman and praised those instructions. Anasūyā had enhanced her prosperity through austerity. She informed Sītā about it and requested her to take anything she wanted from her. Though Sītā didn’t want anything from her, Anasūyā was so happy with her that she gifted her a divine garland and so on. Anasūyā-devī then requested Sītā-devī to describe how she got married to Lord Rāmacandra and Sītā obliged.