“SITA MATA FOR AGNI PARIKSHA IN RAMAYANA EPIC?” –
By MaddaliSwetha
Sri Rama never suspected His wife Sita's virtuousness! After the war on Ravana is over, He knew that the world will not
accept the purity of Mother Sita's virtuousness after She was held captive by a
demon for 11 months. So, He wanted to place Her above any reproach in future.
It is a misconception that Sri Rama asked Sita to jump in fire. When Sita walks
up to him after the war, Sri Rama, with his eyes all red and puffed up in grief
on what He is about to say, says to Sita that She is free to choose any of the
present kings and warriors as Her husband.
Sita understands the true intentions of Sri Rama and invokes fire and jumps into it saying that, if she is virtuous the fire will save her from any harm! She does and Sri Rama embraces Sita happily. But, unfortunately a lowly washer man still said.
Regarding Sri Rama sending His wife to forests, as per the strict moral code of Sri Rama, the ruling couple should be acceptable to each and every one of their subjects. WHEN A WASHER MAN DOUBTS THE CHARACTER OF THE QUEEN SITA, She can no longer stay as a queen.
So he prefers to hand over the kingdom to any one of his brothers and leave to forests! But none of his brothers accepts to take over the kingdom as it is against their own dharma! So, Sri Rama has no choice, but to send Mother Sita to forests. After that not just Sita, but Sri Rama also suffers and cries for his love. In fact the whole kingdom suffers in the form of famines!
It is due to his strict moral code and his adherence to Dharma in the face of great adversity and personal suffering, that Sri Rama is called as Purushottam (The greatest of all men).
Sita understands the true intentions of Sri Rama and invokes fire and jumps into it saying that, if she is virtuous the fire will save her from any harm! She does and Sri Rama embraces Sita happily. But, unfortunately a lowly washer man still said.
Regarding Sri Rama sending His wife to forests, as per the strict moral code of Sri Rama, the ruling couple should be acceptable to each and every one of their subjects. WHEN A WASHER MAN DOUBTS THE CHARACTER OF THE QUEEN SITA, She can no longer stay as a queen.
So he prefers to hand over the kingdom to any one of his brothers and leave to forests! But none of his brothers accepts to take over the kingdom as it is against their own dharma! So, Sri Rama has no choice, but to send Mother Sita to forests. After that not just Sita, but Sri Rama also suffers and cries for his love. In fact the whole kingdom suffers in the form of famines!
It is due to his strict moral code and his adherence to Dharma in the face of great adversity and personal suffering, that Sri Rama is called as Purushottam (The greatest of all men).
MORAL OF THE STORY:
To
test whether she had slept with ravana or not. This was, because his subjects
suspected sita of sleeping with Ravana when she was kidnapped. If she came untouched
from the fire, that means she was pure. Hence the term – Agnipariksha.
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