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Thus forsaking Jainism will eliminate his chances of renoun-
ciation without which salvation is impossible. Thus this
precious human birth will definitely be wasted !”

Imagine the situation when Sitaji delivered such a message !
She was left alone in the forest in an extremely miserable
state – at such a time she conveyed such a message. She
could have said something like this, “Message ? You have
already killed me alive, now what message you want ?” “Such
a breach of trust ?” “Such deceit ?” “Did you inform me while
marriage that inspite of your innocence if people accuse and
criticize you, I will throw you out of my house and heart ?”
“You are afflicting me with pain and troubling me. Now wait
and watch as to what will your state be.” Didn’t she feel like
telling anything of the above to Rama ?

No. Because her heart was filled with unflinching faith for
Arihanta’s teachings. She strongly believed, “My husband is
not responsible for my condition. Only and only my karmas
are responsible for my present state. It is a clear calculation
that in my previous birth I had troubled someone and those
karmas of mine are now troubling me. Knowledgeable men’s
declaration that, “Any activities and sensual pleasures done
in this world are eventually going to end in sorrow and
pain.” proves to be true. Thus my act of getting married, my
thirst for sensual pleasures has led me to this state.

Such a clear calculation was right in front of Sita’s eyes. Then
how would she find her husband’s fault ? She will believe her
attachment for sensual pleasures to be the real fault.

Our course of action during critical periods :

Learning about Sita’s message, we can understand the vision of
a person who has truly and heartly accepted and implemented
religion. During such adverse conditions, she drew Rama’s
attention towards the path of religion and salvation.
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