“To a man who is not satisfied with his own wives, fickle and mean-minded and of diverted senses, others’ wives lead him to ruination.” (Sita Devi speaking to Ravana, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 21.8-9) atuṣṭaṃ sveṣu dāreṣu capalam calitendriyam ||… Read More ›
“O night-ranger, just as you protect your own wives, you should protect the wives of others. Making yourself an example, enjoy with your own wives.” (Sita Devi speaking to Ravana, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 21.7-8) yathā tava tathānyeṣāṃ dārā rakṣyā… Read More ›
“O night-ranger, just as you protect your own wives, you should protect the wives of others. Making yourself an example, enjoy with your own wives.” (Sita Devi speaking to Ravana, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 21.7-8) yathā tava tathānyeṣāṃ dārā rakṣyā… Read More ›
“As the faithful wife of another, I am not a suitable wife to you. You should well observe what is righteous. And you should follow well the manner of life of the virtuous.” (Sita Devi speaking to Ravana, Valmiki Ramayana,… Read More ›
“Having thus spoken to Ravana, Vaidehi, that celebrated wife, turned her back to Ravana and again spoke these words:” (Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 21.5-6) evamuktvā tu vaidehī rāvaṇam tam yaśasvinī || rāvaṇam pṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtvā bhūyo vacanambravīt | Download this episode… Read More ›
“Devoted to one husband, being born into a pure family and having obtained one also, I am incapable of doing such a reproachable act, one that ought not to be done.” (Sita Devi speaking to Ravana, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand,… Read More ›
“Take your mind away from me and put it back on your own wives. Like a sinner asking for the highest perfection, it is not appropriate for you to pray for me.” (Sita Devi speaking to Ravana, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara… Read More ›
“Take your mind away from me and put it back on your own wives. Like a sinner asking for the highest perfection, it is not appropriate for you to pray for me.” (Sita Devi speaking to Ravana, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara… Read More ›
“Being very much aggrieved, sobbing and shivering and in a poor state, the very beautiful Sita of a sweet smile, who thought of her husband alone and was fully devoted to Him, placed a piece of straw in between herself… Read More ›
“She looked as if she were travelling to the side of the self-realized Shri Rama, a lion among kings, using a chariot of desires yoked with horses of determination.” (Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 19.7) samīpam rājasimhasya rāmasya viditātmanaḥ | saṅkalpahayasamyuktairyāntīmiva… Read More ›