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While singing Mahasati Sita’s glory, we saw how she consoled
the soldier by explaining him the Karma philosophy. Who
consoles whom ? The depressed consoles the joyous or
viceversa !

Who is worth consolation ? Don’t you think that Sita who is
thrown out of the palace and left alone in the forest deserves to
be consoled ? Instead, Sitaji goes a step forward and consoles
the soldier who is ordered to leave her alone. What greatness !
What royalty !
Not only this, she exhibits exemplary royalty when she
delivers an unexpected message to her husband.

Sitaji’s Heart-touching Message to Rama :

Before leaving Sita alone in the forest, the soldier politely
asks Sita, “I am returning back to Lord Rama. Do you have
any message to convey ?”

Sita replies, “Tell your Lord that he left me because of people’s
accusations – not to worry about me. But tomorrow if people
start criticizing Jainism saying, “King Ramchandraji is a fool
to stick to Jain priciples all the while inspite of ruling over
people belonging to 18 different castes.” If people say so,
then tell him that I beg him not to leave Jainism amidst such
circumstances depending on the opinion of ignorant people.
Sitaji patiently continues, “The reason behind this is that even
after leaving me, he will get another good princess who might
be better and more beautiful than me. This will not prove to
be an obstacle on his path of salvation because even after
marrying another woman he can leave her, accept the path
of ascetism and attain salvation. But if he happens to leave
Jainism because of people’s criticism, then he will not find
any religion better or even equivalent to Jainism and this
will definitely obstruct his path of salvation.”
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