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because of this good deed, you should still never regret
your act.

Why ? Because she very well understood that her adversity
was only because of her own karmas. It was foolish to
hold the good deed responsible for it. This was Sitaji’s pure
mind which did not accuse the good act, instead considered
husband’s welfare to be her duty.

Today’s old parents who are kept in an old age home should
adopt this mentality. They should not think that it was futile
to spend the entire life in comfortably raising children who
eventually ended up removing them from the house. This is
like regretting and burning the good act performed which will
give nothing in return.
When Ravana imprisoned Sita in the beautiful AshokaVatika,
she challenged Ravana. “Stay 3½ foot away and talk to me.
Do not dare to step ahead or else you will not get Sita but
Sita’s dead body. It is the vulture’s nature to feast on a dead
body. Thus even at the cost of her life, Sitaji challenged
Ravana. Staying 3½ foot away, Ravana tried to allure Sita in
many different ways. His main queen Mandodari also came
to convince her saying, “Please our Lord and all his thousand
queens will stay at your service.” But Sitaji did not succumb
to any of these tempting temptations. Why ?

Because no wealth or happiness in the world was
equivalent to purity of character. Her purity was her
precious priority.

Being imprisoned in Ravana’s premises, Sitaji decided, “I
will not touch even a morsel of food till I get proper news
of my husband’s safety.” Thus she spent days after days
without food. What respect and concern she possessed for
her husband !
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