sita was ravan’s first’ child

i read tht in tamil version of ramayan tht ravan and mandorai's first born was a girl tht was sita, but due to the astrological prediction tht the first born wud be the reason for his destruction he threw away the kid in a basket....unluckily for him the baby was celestial n didnt die instead was safe in the earth. and was found later by king janak who brought her up as his daughter....even ravan didnt know abt it when he had kidnapped sita tht she was his child , so he lusted after her...but tht added only more crime to his already big crimes as father lusting after daughter is disgusting n biggest sin....infact lord ram gave him a chance to back off in the battle field inspite of everything perhaps since he knew abt sita's origin( ht ravan was her dad), but ravan was too blind in his ego to see the truth and thus die the gr8 intelligent learned demon king.

now wats weird is ravan had not actually taken the real sita but vedavati who looked like sita, ravan's lust for sita was actually not for sita but vedavati who looked like sita...so he did commit a crime for lusting after his daughter's looks ...but he had not actually kidnapped her infact he kidnapped her look alike....interesting na.

that is one tamil version...but another tamil version is that sita was not his daughter, but the vedavathi portion happened...
vedavathi in her previous birth was doing prayers that she should be vishnu's wife...but during her prayers, ravan comes and grabs her, and therefore, she tells ravan that she will come back and destroy him, and turns into flames at that moment....
many years later, when ravan is kidnapping sita, the god of fire (Agni) comes to ravan with vedavathi and fools ravan by saying that vedavathi is actually sita...therefore, vedavathi was able to have her revenge on ravan...

Intresting info, had no clue about all this.

Story of Vedavati
Sage Kushadhwaja was a learned and pious scholar. His daughter Vedavati grows up in her father's hermitage to become an ardent devotee of Vishnu, and resolves early in life to wed no one other than Vishnu. Knowing her aspirations, her father rejected proposals from many powerful kings and celestial beings who wanted his daughter's hand in marriage. Among those rejected was Sambhu, a powerful Daitya king. Shambhu seized an opportunity and murdered Vedavati's parents on a moonless night.

Vedavati continued to reside at the hermitage of her parents, meditating upon Vishnu. Ravana, the ruler of Lanka, once found Vedavati seated in meditation and was captivated by her beauty. He propositioned her and was rejected. Ravana mocked her austerities and her devotion to Vishnu; he finally molested Vedavati.

Her chastity sullied, Vedavati immolated herself on a pyre, vowing to return in another age and be the cause of Ravana's destruction. She was duly reborn as Sita and became the cause of Ravana's destruction. In the process, Vedavati also received the boon she so single-mindedly sought: Vishnu, in his avatara as Rama, became her husband.

yea vedavati part is there...but sita was ravan's daughter ...ram before hand knew tht sita wud be in trouble so they switched sita with vedavati ...so when ravan came to kidnap sita he landed up kidnapping vedavati. watever be the case sita became the reason for his death...his first child became the reaosn for his death....astrology prediction does come true

There are many versions of Ramayana. According to some versions, Sita was Ravan's daughter. But this story is not present in Valmiki Ramayan, Tulsidas Ramacharitmanas, any of the puranas.

ok......now it makes sense.........

i know ramayan like really well........and today was the first time i saw the show: Ravan

When they were comparing Kundalis, I was surprised to hear that Ravan's first child will be the cause of his death...

cuz as far as i new...meghnad was his first child.......well....guess not.......if sita is his first child, then the kundali readings make perfect sense....

Originally posted by: islandboy401

ok......now it makes sense.........

i know ramayan like really well........and today was the first time i saw the show: Ravan

When they were comparing Kundalis, I was surprised to hear that Ravan's first child will be the cause of his death...

cuz as far as i new...meghnad was his first child.......well....guess not.......if sita is his first child, then the kundali readings make perfect sense....

ditto i too thght tht..till i read in a version of ramayan tht sita was ravan''s daughter. ...as far as astrologers r considered if the person is gud they can tell hell lot of things...but now-a-days its more money minded and ppl usually cheat on name of astrology.

Originally posted by: shinningstar

yea vedavati part is there...but sita was ravan's daughter ...ram before hand knew tht sita wud be in trouble so they switched sita with vedavati ...so when ravan came to kidnap sita he landed up kidnapping vedavati. watever be the case sita became the reason for his death...his first child became the reaosn for his death....astrology prediction does come true

yep exactly ...

thats y ram walked sita thru the fire. he left sita in agni devta 's care. so thats how she returned. vedavati 's story is true.

Originally posted by: navya2007

yep exactly ...

thats y ram walked sita thru the fire. he left sita in agni devta 's care. so thats how she returned. vedavati 's story is true.

i completely agree