Sita & Draupadi : Their paths are different

Originally posted by: SRUJAconscience

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Very well said. 👏

Maa Janaki is infinitely benevolent, sympathetic, caring and forgiving. 😊

And extremely fortunate are those who understand this eternal truth.

Hehe...ummm...you know Cool, since I agree with almost all that you've said, I'm not sure what more to add to that. 😊

I find it easiest when I'm asked questions. Could you please tell me on which specific points you would like to hear other's opinions?

Cherry Another Great Post.
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Even I Won't Compare The Two.
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May Devi Sita Bless You Always Cherry.
And Everyone Else In Our MM Forum. 😳

Originally posted by: sherlock

Hehe...ummm...you know Cool, since I agree with almost all that you've said, I'm not sure what more to add to that. 😊

I find it easiest when I'm asked questions. Could you please tell me on which specific points you would like to hear other's opinions?

Thanks for the link, Cool. I have skim-read that thread.

About Maa Sita, starting from Vedic Sanhitas and going all the way to Ram Charit Manas, the one eternal fact, that Shri Sita and Rama are the Supreme Lord, have been reiterated so, so many times, that nothing further on that count needs to be said. Whether its Rig Veda's sanhita part describing events of Lord SitaRama's vanvaas or Atarva Ved Sanhita describing Supreme Abode Ayodhhya or Upanishads like Shri Rama Rahasya upanishad, Shri Rama Tapiniya Upanishad, Shri Sita Upanishad, to Ramayan story given in different Puranas to Valmiki Ramayan or devrishi Narad's amazing prayer to Lord SitaRama in Adhyatma Ramayan (first chapter, Ayodhya Kaand), this one fact that SitaRam are Supreme Lord and eternal couple, has been hammered home innumerable times.

Even when reading Ramayan as a "story" this fact keeps getting reiterated. For example, in Valmiki Ramayam, when demons put Shri Hanuman's tail on fire, Maa Sita requests Agni dev not to harm Hanuman in any way, and to reassure her, Agni dev appears in Ashok Vatika (SundarKaand, VR), or Sitaji herself declaring her all-powerful persona when she tells Raavan, "Raavan, I should burn into ashes, but I'm not doing that immediately because I don't have the mandate of Shri Rama to do so. You've no capability to abduct me, wife of Rama. Still, this act has happened only for your slaying, there is no doubt about that." (Sundarkaand, VR)

In your post, with which I agree, you've already underlined several qualities of Shri Sitaji, and as I said earlier, not sure what more to add to that. Maa Sita is the heroine of the greatest love saga ever told, though that love story has a sad ending.

So here, I'll just ask all those who think that Shri Sita doesn't come across as a strong enough woman, have you really read Ramayan properly??

Here is a princess who goes through innumerable hardships in her life and yet, is never defeated by circumstances and in fact always energe victorious,

here is a mother who raises her two kids on her own and makes them knowledgeable persons and fearless warriors.

Here is a young woman, who sitting in captivity all alone, without any help and without any hope of help, in the middle of Raavan's kingdom (that invincible and immortal Raavan whom even celestial devtas were terrified of, and to destroy whom, Brahma had requested Lord Vishnu at the start of Ramayan (15^th Chapter of Baal Kaand, VR)) has the courage to say this to Raavan, ""I am not capable to be tempted by wealth or by money. I am inseparable with Shri Raghava just like the sun-shine with the sun. You seek graciousness of Shri Rama who loves those who seek protection. Becoming piously disposed, you are suited to return me to Rama. In this way giving me to Rama will become fortunate to you. O Ravana, If you do in a different way, you will get slayed. Drawn out Vajrayudha, the weapon of Indra, may spare some one like you, Lord of death may spare you for a long time, but that Rama the lord of worlds, greatly enraged, will not spare you. Like the great sound of Vajrayudha hurled by Indra, you will hear a loud sound which is sonorous of Rama's bow. My husband who is a destroyer of all foes will take me away from you like Lord Vishnu with three steps taking away the brilliant prosperity from Asuras. My husband Rama together with Lakshmana will take away with His arrows your life quickly like the sun drying up shallow water. Even if you go to the mountain of Kubera or to his house or if you go to the assembly of King Varuna, without doubt you will not be spared from Rama like a great tree from thunderbolt." (21^st chapter of Sundar kaand, VR)

Here is a wife who, having suffered a huge shock moments ago when her husband for whom she suffered so much asked her to go away, has the ability to reply thus to her husband, "O bestower of honour! If I could not be fully known to you, in spite of our love having simultaneously grown and despite of our having lived together, I am ruined permanently by such ignorance. O king! Hanuman, the great hero, was sent by you as your search-agent. Why I, who was still in Lanka, was not abandoned then itself? O hero! Life would have been given up by me, when deserted by you; immediately on hearing the message (conveying your desertion) before the eyes of the monkey. This wasteful endeavour in the form of crossing over to Lanka and waging war against the mighty Ravana, keeping your life in jeopardy, would not have been there, nor would have your friends been put to such fruitless hardship. O excellent king! You, however, like a feeble man, gave priority to womanliness, conforming yourself to just an emotion of anger. O knower of virtuous conduct! My birth was from Janaka in disguise; but was actually from the earth. My sacred birth of such a high degree was not honoured by you. My devotion, my chastity and all have been ignored by you." (116^th chapter, Yuddha Kaand, VR)

To say, as many people do, that Shri Sitaji, doesn't come across as a strong enough woman, is truly the pinnacle of insanity. In fact, Shri Sitaji is THE MOST courageous and strong-willed woman in the ENTIRE Vedic literature.