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23. Simply Sita …
Look at Sita’s further distinct qualities :
Rama did not come to Sita and inform her about his decision
of forest exile. Instead he directly went to inform his mother.
When his mother told to let Sita stay back, Rama also accepted
her decision. Rama told Sita, “Mother is right. You stay here
and serve her.”
But Sita told her mother-in-law, “If my husband is living
a painful life roaming in the forest, then how can I live
peacefully in this palace ? My husband stays in the forest and
I stay in the palace. This is not appropriate. Even I will accept
forest stay along with him. Hence, please bless me also.
Why did she do this ? Because Sita very well understood
that,
She would be a faithful and obedient wife only if she followed
her husband. She could not tolerate that her husband bore
pain while she enjoyed.
Thus, Sita willingly accompanied Rama only to fulfill her
responsibility but not to taunt him. Leave alone taunting him,
she did not even think that, “What days I have to see after
marrying Rama !”
Why did she not taunt Rama even once regarding her
forest exile ?
She did not feel like taunting Rama even once because she
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