Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 24: Rāma Instructs Kausalyā
Text 2.24.29
एवं कालं प्रतीक्षस्व ममागमनकाङ्क्षिणी।
नियता नियताहारा भर्तृशुश्रूषणे रता॥
evaṁ kālaṁ pratīkṣasva mamāgamana-kāṅkṣiṇī
niyatā niyatāhārā bhartṛ-śuśrūṣaṇe ratā
evam = in this way; kālam = your time; pratīkṣasva = spend; mama = My; āgamana-kāṅkṣiṇī = while waiting for return; niyatā = by regulating yourself; niyata-āhārā = by regulating your eating; bhartṛ-śuśrūṣaṇe ratā = and by being absorbed in menially serving your husband.
In this way, spend your time by regulating yourself, by regulating your eating and by being absorbed in menially serving your husband while waiting for My return.
Niyatā indicates that Kausalyā should regulate herself by taking ceremonial baths and so on.