Jai Sriman Narayana !!
The demons surrounded were speaking
irrationally to Sita and frightened her.
They admired Ravana’s captivating charisma and his glorious birth in the
lineage of Sage Pulastya. Ekajata spoke highly about Ravana as one of
the grandsons of Sage Pulastya, born from the mind of Lord Brahma and son of
Sage Vishravass who was the son of Sage Pulastya and encouraged Sita to marry
Ravana. Harijata praised the valor of
Ravana as the vanquisher of enemies, who has won against Devasa and Lord Indra. Prakhasa arrogantly declared that Ravana, a
mighty warrior would do anything to attain her and leave all his wives for
Sita. Vikata spoke rudely to Sita about
her attitude towards him and highly praised fearlessness of Ravana who had
conquered Devas, Danavas, Gandharvas and Nagas.
Durmukhi criticized Sita and praised Ravana’s command over Lord Surya,
Lord Vayu, Lord Varuna, seasons, mountains, trees etc… In this way, the demons
surrounded were humiliated Sita.
Several demons were approached
Sita and tortured her with harsh words. One of them advised Sita to be with Ravana in
his pleasure seeking home and wipe out the thoughts about Rama, which would
provide her long life. They prompted
Sita to enjoy the luxuries of three worlds with Ravana after accepting him as
husband and forget about Rama who was completely unsuccessful. Sita was inconsolable with tears over flowing
down on her cheeks after listening to the ruthless comments. Sita graciously replied them that woman from
human race are not supposed to marry a demon, she firmly answered them that
their depraved idea never takes place, instead she readily agreed to be eaten
by them. Sita courteously answered them
that though Rama had no Kingdom to rule, he will remain her husband, Master and
Acharya forever, like Lord Surya has the chaste wife Survarchala, Lord Indra
has Sacchi, Sage Vashishta has Arundhathi, Lord Chandra has Rohini, Sage
Agastya has Lopamudhra, Sage Chyavana has Sukanya, Sathyavan has Savithri, Sage
Kapila has Srimathi, Saudasa has Madhayanthi, Kesini has Sagara and Nala has
Damayanthi. Sita proclaimed that she will remain a
faithful and devoted husband to Rama of Ikshvau Dynasty. The demons were annoyed at the decision of
Sita, they started harassing with harsh comments and frightening her. Anjaneya
who was sitting on the top of Shimshupa tree witnessed the scenario and he was
agitated. Sita was totally devastated at the callous
comments and frightening approach.
Vinatha, one of the demons commanded Sita to marry Ravana who has
immense wealth, glories, and powers otherwise she threatened Sita that they
will swallow her. Vikata was too agitated raised her fists against Sita and
started roaring, she explained about the hidden dangers and even Lord Indra
could not save her from the capture of Ravana, Vikata announced that Sita was
brought in the Kingdom of Lanka forcefully to remain Ravana’s wife and serve
him at his heart’s content, she encourages Sita to grab all those comforts and
luxuries from Ravana. Further Vikata
pronounce that if Sita was not yielded to their wish to become wife to Ravana,
she will tear off her heart and eat it. Another demon Chandodhari revealed her desire
to eat Sita’s flesh and organs. Prakhasa
expressed her anger to squeeze Sita’s neck; Ajamukhi was enthusiastic to share
the flesh of Sita equally. Shurpanakha
was agreed to the wish of Ajamukhi and revealed her desire to have intoxicated
drinks after eating the flesh of a human.
Sita was completely shaken at the
torture of the demons, she lost her hopes with tears overflowing she feebly
took hold of the branch of Ashoka tree, she fallen down and withered with
intense pain and called out the names of Rama, Lakshman, Mother Kausalya and
Mother Sumitra. She recollected the
matchless charisma of Rama, his wide and long eyes with the resemblance of
lotus petal, his powerful giant physique, his loveliest talks and a great
soul. Sita cursed her life without Rama
that was equivalent for her to consume poison, finally decided to give up her
life. She turned out inconsolable like a
mad woman, shrunken with extreme grief rolled on the ground helplessly thinking
of her heart made of iron or any strong metal which caused her to remain alive
in the middle of the heartless demons.
At last, she decided to take away her life with a strong intention not
to allow Ravana get closer to her or not to touch him with her thumb of left
feet. She anxiously thought of Rama’s obstruction
in releasing her from the capture of Ravana,
Rama, the savior of the Universe
had killed 14,000 demons in Janasthanam and Viradha in Dandaka Forest etc…
worried about why such a delay in protecting her. Later, she calmed herself saying that may be
Rama was not aware of her whereabouts must have caused the obstacle. Sita respectfully thought of Jatayu, the King
of Birds and his valor to fight against Ravana, finally lost his life due to
his old age. She pacified herself
thinking that if Rama was aware of the place where she was detained he would
definitely burn the City of Lanka and Ravana with his anger, Lanka will be
graveyard soon with the smoke of funeral pyre and vultures all around. Sita mentally cursed that the Lanka will be
destroyed, all the inauspicious things will take place, the City of Lanka will
be doomed to destruction and loss its charm and glory, all
the women will turn into widows and shed tears out of tormented grief. The beautiful City of Lank will turn into
ashes at the shot of Rama’s arrow. She
was tormented with utter grief and diverse thoughts about Rama decided to leave
her mortal coil.
The entire demons were surrounded
Sita and declared their wish to eat her right away. Suddenly, there appeared Trijada from a sound
sleep. She yelled at them to eat their
own flesh and proclaimed that she will not let them eat Sita, the virtuous
woman, daughter of King Janaka and daughter-in-law of King Dasaratha. Trijada narrated the dream which caused her
hair stand erect from the body, she was witnessed the destruction of the demons
and the triumph of Rama. Rama was
appeared in a celestial vehicle made of the ivory pulled by swans along with
Lakshman, the younger brother of Rama.
Rama, who has the brilliance of Lord Surya, was attired in majestic
clothes with divine appearance and white garlands around his neck. Sita was sitting close to Rama with a celestial
appearance like a mountain was surrounded by ocean. Shortly, Rama along with Sita and Lakshman in
the Pushpaka Vimanam flew towards north.
Rama has the resemblance of Lord Vishnu.
Ravana was aimlessly wandering on the Earth in red clothes, shaven head
and greasy, he was completely under the influence of intoxicated drinks, he was
carried in a chariot driven by donkeys towards south, and he was unsteady
fallen upside on the ground with an extreme fear. Ravana was completely out of control with all
the dirt and horrible look wandering aimlessly.
Kumbhakarna and all sons of Ravana were also seen in dirt and oil, they
were moving towards south on a nasty cart driven by camel. But Vibhishana was the only one seen with a
promising look, in royal attire and white garlands around his neck. He was on a celestial vehicle elephant
accompanied by auspicious instruments and ministers. Trijada explains the
appalling state of City of Lanka. The
mansions, places of entertainment; gardens, amusement areas and palaces were in
a wrecked state. The entire city of
Lanka was run down by the messenger of Rama, a mighty Vanara. Trijada advises the group of demons to stay
away from Sita, not to harass her anymore with their nasty comments because
Rama never tolerates this malicious actions or speeches against his dearest
wife. Trijada encourages everyone to
speak politely with gentle words to Sita, the daughter of righteous King Janaka
was the only one could save the clan of demons at this moment, Rama never cause
misery to anyone and she prophesied that Ravana’s destruction and Rama’s
triumph is very closer. Instantly, Sita’s
left arm and left thigh were shaking, a beautiful bird mellifluously started
singing as a good omen. Sita remembered
the intolerable speech of Ravana and his final verdict; she turned out
grief-stricken once again, besieged with the loveliest moments spent with Rama.
Sita loudly cried out for Rama, Lakshmana
Kousalya, and Soumitra, she lamented at her folly of yearning for a golden deer
and send out Rama and Lakshman to get hold of the same. Finally, decided to end her life with poison
or weapon, soon realized that there was no one to serve with her needs. Slowly walked towards a flowery tree with
various dreadful thoughts looked down her long plait of her, it was the moment
she thought of hang to death and embrace the world of Lord Yama. Once again Sita thought of all her dearest
people and the optimistic omens before her.
Anjaneya who was closely watching
all the movements of Sita, sitting on the Shimshupa tree, he was equally anxious
about her. Anjaneya recollected the
messages he had wished to inform Sita that he was assigned by the Monkey King
Sugriva and Rama of Ikshvaku Dynasty to locate her. As a messenger it was important for him to
analyze the strength of the enemy.
Anjaneya decided to calm Sita who was already tormented with extreme
grief at the separation from her dearest husband, there was not enough time in
hand because Sita has already decided to take away her life. But Anjaneya does not want to appear before
the sight of the demons; it will spoil the entire purpose of crossing the ocean
of 100 yojanas. There was not enough
time left to inform Rama about the miserable state of Sita, Rama may get
irritated at the irresponsible act of not bringing any news of Sita and he may
burn Anjaneya with the eyes like fireball.
Anjaneya who was proficient in Sankrit and languages of humans has
adopted a small form. Anjaneya thought
that if he speaks in Sanskrit like a Brahmin before Sita, she may think that it
was Ravana who is capable to assume any form and will get alarmed, moreover it
is impossible for a monkey to speak in Sanskrit, definitely she may get
terrified at the appearance of monkey and this would provoke her to scream out
of fear. The demons gathered around her
would attack Anjaneya with vicious weapons, definitely it would cause a huge
turmoil, finally the task of Rama will be ruined and Sita will be killed in the
hands of demons. A perfect messenger
should be able to have crystal clear idea about the plan, time and place. He should have a clear understanding about
when and where the plan is to be executed.
Anjaneya occupied with serious notion about how to get connected with
Sita and draw her attention towards him.
At last, Anjaneya sitting on the branch of Shimshupa tree mellifluously
eulogized the glories of Rama in his sweet tone of voice.
“There was a righteous King
Dasaratha in the Ikshvaku Dynasty, who was equally powerful as Lord Indra. King Dasaratha had four sons and the eldest
was Rama a young charming prince, virtuous, valiant, protector of honorable
people and destroyer of enemies. He was
exiled from the Kingdom of Ayodhya with his wife Sita and younger brother
Lakshman at the command of his beloved father King Dasaratha. During their expedition Rama conquered 40,000
demons at Janasthanam, Khara and Dhooshan at Dandakavanam. The
demon King Ravana of Lanka was frantic at the death of his brothers Khara &
Dhooshan as retaliation of the above act Ravana abducted Sita, the dearest wife
of Rama. Rama was extremely hurt at the
revenge of Ravana moved through the forests of Kishkindha in search of Sita and
met the monkey King Sugriva. At the
command of Sugriva thousands and thousands of monkeys were engaged in the
mission of locating Sita on the different parts of the Earth. It was at the instruction of Sampathi I have
crossed the ocean of 100 Yojanas to locate you and you are the one well matched
with the descriptions given by Rama.”
Thus, Anjaneya narrated the
purpose of his visit in crystal clear words.
Sita was astonished at the above words; she regained her vigor searched
for the possessor of the extremely propitious voice and message. She lifted her face with liveliness and
looked here and there searching for Anjaneya.
At last she located Anjaneya, son of Lord Vayu who is famous for his
unparalleled intelligence and charisma was seen amidst the leaves and flowers,
like Lord Surya on the top of a mountain.
Sita witnessed a brilliance
through the leaves attired in white clothes, she was shocked at the sight of a
monkey and whispered ‘Rama, Rama, Rama, Oh Lakshmana’ in a meek voice and wept
bitterly. It was treated as
unenthusiastic omen to witness a monkey in dream; once again she lost her hopes
and became gloomy. She regained her
consciousness and convinced that it was not a dream, she had no sleep for
several days and absorbed in the thoughts of Rama caused her mistaken. Instantaneously she offered salutations to
Brihaspathi /Acharya, Lord Indra, Lord Brahma, Lord Agni with a sincere prayer
that the message heard should be true.
Jai Sriman Narayana !!
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