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Also, remembering those who have done favours on us is
the best way to reduce our pride and ego.

Sita, thus considered it to be Rama’s greatest favour that the
fire transformed into water. Similarly, in our life it may happen
that we accomplished a tedious task wherein our intelligence
and efforts were noteworthy. But we should still consider this
achievement to be God’s favour, God’s grace.

While reciting ‘Jaya Viyaraya’ everyday in the chaitya-
vandan, we pray God to bless us with ‘Iththa Fala Siddhi.’
(accomplishment of desired task) the intention behind this
prayer is the strong faith that I will achieve my desired result
only because of God’s grace. If God’s grace did not play any
role in this achievement, then the great Ganadharas would not
have written this line in this frequently recited sootra.

This is the extraordinary quality of the great men – they
consider their success to be the grace of elders and do
not take the credit on themselves. God and Guru are the
eldest. Hence, we should always be grateful to them. This
will reduce and eventually delete self-appraisal.

Now we come to the climax of Sitaji’s inspirational life
sketch.

Sitaji’s extraordinary quality :

Sita passed the Agni Pariksha successfully. She pacified Rama’s
feeling of remorse. Rama and Lakshmana now requested Sita
to sit in the chariot, accompany them to Ayodhya and enjoy
a luxurious life. But Sitaji refused.

What was her reason for her refusal ?

(1) Prior Resolution
(2) Intense feeling of non-attachment.
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