सर्गः १०९
In which Rāma leaves trampled Citrakūṭa, receives sonlike welcome at Atri āśrama, and sends Sītā to Anasūyā, maker of roots, fruits, and Gaṅgā, who teaches husband devotion
Rāma recalls Bharata kin grief and trampled camp ground — Rāma departs with Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa for elsewhere — Rāma bows at Atri āśrama and wins sonlike welcome — Atri hosts Rāma and comforts Lakṣmaṇa and Sītā — Atri calls aged wife and bids Sītā approach Anasūyā — Atri tells ten-year drought roots fruits and Jāhnavī feat — Atri tells ten-thousand-year tapas and ten-night feat — Sītā nears trembling white-haired Anasūyā and asks health — Anasūyā teaches husband supreme deity above kin — Anasūyā says virtuous wives following forest reach heaven