Sanskrit · DevanagariComplete modern digital transcription ↗
पतिव्रतायाः पतिपादसेवाऽनिशं परोधर्म इहाप्यमुत्र । इति प्रिया प्रेयसि दासधर्मं गतानु भावातिशयाच्च किन्तु ॥ ३४॥
IAST
pativratāyāḥ patipādasevā'niśaṃ parodharma ihāpyamutra | iti priyā preyasi dāsadharmaṃ gatānu bhāvātiśayācca kintu || 34||
English
For a devoted wife, ceaseless service to her husband's feet is said to be the highest dharma here and hereafter. Yet Sītā's servant-like service to her beloved arose not from ordinary duty but from the extraordinary intensity of her love.