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9. Exceptional Ascetic Life

Mahasati Sita’s life was complete with the Following 3
Things :

(1) Unflinching Faith and Right Perception
(2) Non-Violence-Renounciation and Penance

(3) Overflowing Devotion towards the Almighty
Sitaji’s Faith and Perception was evident right from her
household life. When she was left in the forest, do you know
what she told the soldier who was ordered to leave her ?

Sitaji’s words while being left alone in the forest :

She addressed the soldier,” Why are you crying ? It is not
your fault. You are a mere servant. It is your duty to obey the
king’s orders. Obeying your employer’s command is a virtue
and not a crime. Alongwith you, it is my duty also to follow
your Lord’s order because he is my Lord, my husband, too.
Hence, I voluntarily get off this chariot. And,understand, it is
not your Lord’s fault also. Nor is it the fault of those who are
criticizing me. Only and only my past karmas are responsible
for this. No one else is to blame. My bad karmas instigated
the people to criticize me and my husband, your Lord king
Rama to believe them. You return back. Do not worry about
me. Because at the end it is my karmas that will determine
my state.
A well-known verse says –

‘‘Savvam puvvakayānam, kammānam pāvae falavivāgam,
Avrāhesu gunesu ya, nimittamittam paro hoi.”
42 Purity Purified