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Fan of all things Vaishnava.
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Lowest Among Man-Eaters
“Since you have spoken such sinful words to the wife of the immeasurably resplendent Rama, to what place will you go to be free, O lowest of the Rakshasas?” (Sita Devi, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 22.15) rākṣasādhama rāmasya bhāryāmamitatejasaḥ |… Read More ›
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Misunderstanding Dharma
“Other than you, who in the three worlds would even think of desiring me, for I am the wife of that pious-soul, as Shachi is to Indra?” (Sita Devi speaking to Ravana, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 22.14) māṃ hi dharmātmanaḥ… Read More ›
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Of Unsound Mind
“Other than you, who in the three worlds would even think of desiring me, for I am the wife of that pious-soul, as Shachi is to Indra?” (Sita Devi speaking to Ravana, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 22.14) māṃ hi dharmātmanaḥ… Read More ›
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Pioneers Take the Arrows
“Indeed, there is no person here who desires your welfare, no one to stop you from these reprehensible acts.” (Sita Devi speaking to Ravana, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 22.13) nūnam na te janaḥ kaścidasti niḥśreyase sthitaḥ | nivārayati yo na… Read More ›
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Wishing You the Best
“Indeed, there is no person here who desires your welfare, no one to stop you from these reprehensible acts.” (Sita Devi speaking to Ravana, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 22.13) nūnam na te janaḥ kaścidasti niḥśreyase sthitaḥ | nivārayati yo na… Read More ›
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Snake Oil Salesman
“The more sweet a man is towards a woman, the more agreeable she becomes. Yet in this case the more dear words the speaker has used, the more disregarded he has been.” (Ravana speaking to Sita Devi, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara… Read More ›
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Not After A Thousand Months
“The more sweet a man is towards a woman, the more agreeable she becomes. Yet in this case the more dear words the speaker has used, the more disregarded he has been.” (Ravana speaking to Sita Devi, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara… Read More ›
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It Tolls For Thee
“Even if you go to the mountain abode of Kuvera or go to the assembly house of King Varuna, you will not be able to escape from Rama, as a giant tree, whose time of death has arrived, cannot escape… Read More ›
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I Disappear
“Along with Lakshmana my husband Rama will very soon draw out your life breath with His arrows, like the sun does a puddle of water.” (Sita Devi speaking to Ravana, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 21.33-34) kṣipraṃ tava sa nātho me… Read More ›
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Two Against One
“If you were to have a quarrel with them, it is doubtful that you would be able to eclipse the two of them, like the quarrel between Indra of two arms and Vritra of one.” (Sita Devi speaking to Ravana,… Read More ›