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Now think upon this

Madanrekha was a prince’s young, beautiful wife and she had
to face such an adverse situation. Her thought process during
such a time was so deep and true. What an amazing advice she
gave her husband ! How was all this possible ? Only because
of her unflinching faith in the Lord, His teachings and the
right perception she possessed.

Sitaji’s situation was almost similar to Madanrekha’s while
being left alone in the forest. Inspite of this, she taught the
soldier the real fundamentals of life with the help of her right
perception. She told him, “Neither you, nor your Lord, nor the
ignorant people are responsible for my present state. Only my
previous karmas and my attraction for sensual pleasures are
to be to blamed. Thus, you needn’t cry. Tell your Lord that
only my bad karmas forced him to do this. He is innocent.”
Imagine the intensity of Sitaji’s sorrow – A great beautiful
queen who was thrown out of the palace and left in the forest
by her own husband !
The more dejecting part is that inspite of being absolutely pure
and chaste, she was defamed by the people in this manner,
“This Sita has stayed at Ravana’s place and hence cannot be
trusted and considered pure.” This accusation had the greatest
sorrow because she had taken tremendous efforts, overcome
fears and temptations to keep her chastity and character
untouched and this is what she got in return !

Inspite of such adverse circumstances, Sita’s unflinching faith
and perception is worth admiration ! Then imagine her faith in
Almighty’s words after she became an ascetic ! Wouldn’t her
right perception have brightened with the aid of the noble path
of renounciation ? We are concentrating on this because this
is the real reason behind Sita becoming the Achyutendra and

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