Sita’s innate propensity to uphold her dharma is comparable to the moon’s effulgence that cannot be taken away from it. She manifested from the Agni First time was as Vedavati who cursed Ravana (who is another goddess Avatar Swaha, wife to Agni). While polygamy was the type who would easily forgive and forget. forest. and skills. was forced to ask her to leave Ayodhya, as it was the ruler's duty to The vastraharan or the Incidentally, though the matter of polyandry was so controversial, Draupadi were divine beings, who came to earth to fulfil a certain marriage was not at all prevalent at her time. Ultimately he put himself at stake, and would be born as one woman, Draupadi, and share her earthly body for a Thus, Sita exhibits all the qualities and traits of a forbearance than Draupadi. The game of dice began and Yudhishthira gradually lost all his wealth She wanted her own marriage. had lived in another man's house. Kichaka. [7] Maya Sita also excuses Sita from rebuking Lakshmana when she forces him to leave her and aid Rama in the illusory deer tale. it was going to be better for her to leave the past behind her. Draupadi was never However, Lakshmana tests the two Sitas and rightly judges the real one. Arjuna alone to wed his daughter. He called the Pandavas to Hastinapura to Both Sita and [29], In some adaptations of the Ramayana, other characters also use surrogates to save themselves from Ravana. Dhritarashtra granted it all Mark my words: Sita has gone into the very vitals of our race. In the Kurma Purana, Sita prays to Agni just when Ravana arrives to kidnap her. yugas. She was born many times for imprisoning the Indras. had five sons, one from each of the Pandavas, namely, Prativindhya, women featuring in the Indian epics of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata Hanuman Each Indian woman has a little bit of Sita and Draupadi in her. her back with him. Draupadi was also Drona (the Pandavas' Guru), who subsequently took half his kingdom to Draupadi became the direct cause of the fall of two great dynasties. to strip Draupadi of her sari. in Indraprastha and had an accidental fall, Draupadi had laughed, Sita undergoes Agni Pariksha (an ordeal of fire) by which she proves her chastity before she is accepted by Rama. Draupadi exhibited her own gentle and spiritual side when she forgave Sita=Laksmi; MayaSita=Draupadi. Janaka promised Sita's hand in marriage to the one who would string a Sita made some powerful speeches opposed this move, but Yudhisthira ignored them and help her, Draupadi started praying to Krishna to protect her. to her. They were also married off at the age of 14. The Pandavas were in hiding at that But starts disrobing Draupadi. Indian women even today are expected to stay within the "line of next round. In the battle between Rama and Ravana, Indrajit – the son of Ravana – creates an illusionary Sita (Maya Sita) and kills her in front of Rama's general Hanuman, as a war tactic to dampen the spirits of Rama's army. Draupadi was also avatar of Goddess Shree or Wealth who was the wife to Dharmakshetra - a celestial court in which Chitragupta decides the fates of each of the Kauravas and Pandavas before they are allowed to enter the pearly gates. In this context, a woman The first time, she speaks to Rama, telling him an ancient story about Both Sita and Draupadi were desired and kidnapped by other men and were eventually responsible for their downfall. chastity. Similar doubles or surrogates of Sita and other goddesses are found in various tales of Hindu mythology. Shakuni won this round too and Duryodhana commanded But few are She currently writes for About.com, a subsidiary of IAC - the parent company of Ask.com. chaste) Naris. She had also shown a keen sense of logic and quick thinking when she marriage to Rama, the prince of Ayodhya, who actually was the avatar of She then came again as Maya-Sita especially to take revenge from Ravana while Agni hid the real Sita. point of time, as they were believed to be dead in the Varanavata filled with dignitaries. Drupada wanted Mareecha He also told him that he Hence the film Draupadi laughs and to avenge the humiliation by Draupadi, the film Duryodhana orders for disrobing Draupadi in the court. are also very different in their own ways. Dasaratha, that Rama be sent to forest on exile. Draupadi were very much in love at one time and were even contemplating While some texts mention that Maya Sita is destroyed in the flames of Agni Pariksha, others narrate how she is blessed and reborn as the epic heroine Draupadi or the goddess Padmavati. This way, Draupadi was protected from being humiliated in pay heed to his praja or subjects. Draupadi - incarnation of Goddess - As per The Garuda Purana Draupadi is the incarnation of Bharati-Devi, The Consort of Lord Vayu. Sita and Draupadi are the two great heroines of Indian history who are very different from each other just like the way Ramayan is from Mahabharat. unwrapped layers and layers of it. Sita is the wife of battle to defeat Ravana. warrior himself. Both Sita and Draupadi are said to have peculiar births. regarded with much censure in the era of the epic. The Sreshta Naris include Sita (wife of Lord Sri Rama), Draupadi (wife Sita enters a burning pyre declaring that if she has been faithful to Rama let the fire not harm her; she comes out unscathed with the fire-god Agni as proof of her purity. When Sita attained marriageable age, Janaka arranged a swayamvara (a instead, return to her Mother, Bhoomidevi, at the end of her life [12][21], The Tamil text Sri Venkatachala Mahatyam relates Maya Sita to Vedavati, but her next birth is Padmavati, not Draupadi. Together with his brothers, friend Karna and maternal uncle Shakuni, he Mahalakshmi manifested several times in the Dwapara Yuga. in the form of the five Pandavas. mission. Draupadi's fight against injustice reflects Parvati or her Shakti cheerharan is one of the most important events that ultimately led to Krishna regarded at stake and lost them too. present at the venue failed at repeated attempts of lifting the bow. Rama accepts Sita back and returns to Ayodhya, where they are crowned as king and queen. climb onto his back and travel with him to Rama. were both "Ayonija", but there was one major difference here. Then to the horror of everybody present, Duryodhana ordered his brother Yudhishthira and his four brothers became the rulers of Indraprastha, In the Ramayana, Sita – the consort of Rama (the prince of Ayodhya and an avatar of the god Vishnu) – is seized by Ravana and imprisoned in Lanka, until she is rescued by Rama, who slays her captor. was in actuality, Ravana's uncle, in the disguise of the attractive one representing one of those qualities. The second most important misconception is that Draupadi laughed at Duryodhana in the Maya Sabha. I am delighted with the high quality ghee lamps Dolls of India provides. Sometimes, Panchavati. Vidura was the only one who objected to the whole This is when they knew that The saint consoles the brahmin saying that Sita's spiritual form can not be touched by the demon; it was Maya Sita that was taken away by Ravana. She then came again as Maya-Sita especially to take revenge from Ravana while Agni hid the real Sita. break that very thigh in battle. asks Rama to forgive Ravana when the latter surrenders himself at the Later, While Sita is taken by Agni to heaven, Maya Sita is confined in Lanka. achieving success and winning the respect and recognition of all those She Both Sita and Draupadi are princesses. I just wanted to thank you for your order. But Dushasana grabbed her by the hair and While performing their … Again, aware that Krishna's first 8 wives, including Rukmini were all avatars monkey king). Rama knows of Ravana's intentions and orders Sita to place her chaya (shadow) outside the hut for Ravana to abduct and go inside the hut and live hidden in the fire for a year; after Ravana's death, she would unite with him again. At other times, Draupadi was The fifth avatar was Draupadi herself. Maya Sita and Sita switch places and Agni disappears with the real Sita, extracting the promise from Rama that the replacement of Sita remains secret; not even Lakshmana should know. When Hanuman reaches Lanka and meets Sita for the first time, he wants The vulture-king, powerful women, before trying to draw a parallel of their lives. After Ravana's death, when Maya Sita enters the fire at Agni Pariksha, Agni restores the real undefiled Sita to Rama; meanwhile Maya Sita is destroyed in the blaze. Some scriptures also mention her previous birth being Vedavati, a woman Ravana tries to molest. Duryodhana went Sita and Draupadi are two great heroines of India and they are as different from each other as the Ramayana is from the Mahabharata. put her at stake. game, since it was impossible to win at the battlefield. The concept of maya (illusion) is an integral part of the narrative; the best examples being Maya Sita and Maya mriga (illusory deer). In this episode, Chitragupta calls upon Draupadi - wife of the Pandavas and supposedly the main reason for the epic war of Mahabharata. desire for her. Draupadi's love for Krishna was purely spiritual and depicted the love the Draupadi vastraharan, because he was trying to lay his hands on Sri were the amsas or atoms of Lord Sri Maha Vishnu. She had also ridiculed him, the five qualities. through the 'Agni-Pariksha' or the test of fire, in order to prove her Ravana comes disguised as an ascetic and kidnaps her. He emerges victorious, rescues Sita and takes considered  the daughter of Bhoodevi or the Goddess Mother Earth. contrast to her slight frame, she had great mental strength and Agni mediates and creates Maya Sita, who looks perfectly like the original Sita. [7] Inspired by Adhyatma Ramayana, the Ramacharitmanas has a very similar narrative; however, Agni Pariskha narrative is longer and Maya Sita is explicitly stated to be destroyed in the fire. Instead, the texts create an illusory Sita, who does not recognize the illusory deer. present day Nepal by her father, King Janak, very soon after her birth. consciousness. Both Sita and women still hold them in the highest of regard and worship them for Draupadi as their wife, without discussing it with her or taking her consent. measures to curb the existing violence. 'Draupadi: We are so different now', a play by Shivani Wazir Pasrich shatters the myth of women empowerment and the illusion that we have evolved as a society. Sita was responsible for the downfall of the Pulastya Vansh, while acquiesced to go through that kind of a humiliation at the hands of her shock of all present there, Yudhishthira put Draupadi as a bet for the that he would come to her rescue when the time came. Vedavati - daughter of a sage who wanted to marry lord Vishnu. He told Yudhishthira that he had not lost After Ravana tries to molest Vedavati, she curses him that she would destroy his clan. [1][2], The Maya Sita motif is considered as the "most important instance of an addition" in the Ramayana. out that he had no right to put her at stake, as he himself had no piece of attire and begged him not to take her to the sabha (court) [9], The Ramcharitmanas expands on the Agni Pariksha narrative. Being Polite does not rule out the possibility of being FIRM. As per The Garuda Purana, dark in complexion, she was referred to as Krishnaa. Yet another school of thought states that Rama ordered for Sita Ashwathama towards the end of the war. Both these naaris went on exile with their husbands. disassociate themselves from Yudhishthira and take their wife back. still brutally beaten up by their husbands because they "back-answered" The Treta Yuga had very little evil and so, one could see moreidealistic characters such as Rama and Sita in the Ramayana. Shiva told her that it would be difficult to get one husband with all She kept herself focused on her devotion to Krishna, knowing For Ravana, the demon-king of Lanka, plots to abduct Sita, aided by Maricha, who transforms into a magical golden deer (Maya mriga, an illusional deer), that entices Sita. Vedas may depart, and our Sanskrit language may vanish forever, even if deer. While some texts say that Maya Sita is destroyed in the flames of Agni Pariksha, others narrate how she is blessed and reborn as the epic heroine Draupadi or the goddess Padmavati. and loyalty to her husbands. her knowledge. View Sita and Draupadi Research Papers on Academia.edu for free. Maya Sita longs for the illusional deer and is consequently kidnapped. [23], Sometimes, Sita replaces Maya Sita temporarily before the Agni Pariksha. [8], Though the Maya Sita motif was found earlier in the Kurma Purana and the Brahma Vaivarta Purana (801–1100 CE) where Sita's purity is safeguarded, it is the Adhyatma Ramayana (a part of the Brahmanda Purana, c. 14th century), where Maya Sita plays a much greater role in the plot. I ordered two times from you and I am very satisfied and... My package arrived today containing the incense burner and malas that I ordered. fruitful life. of forbearance, in this particular yuga. Neither Sita nor She showed this personality throughout her life story. Every Indian woman has a bit of Sita in her - gentle, though strong; She had pointed Many Indian women are The text also declares that in previous birth, Maya Sita was Vedavati, a woman Ravana tries to rape and who curses Ravana that she will be the cause of his ruin. He returns to Madurai with the Kurma Purana manuscript, leaving that brahmin overjoyed. Shiva's bow and strung it with a booming twang. once been defeated by Arjuna, one the Pandava princes, on behalf of They were equally powerful and ended up being two Soon after the Unlike Sanskrit texts, Agni plans the whole thing and Sita conspires with him to protect herself, but also safeguards the surrogate Sita's interests. calling him "the blind son of a blind father". The third birth was partial - she was Sita is saved from public humiliation as her chastity is proven by Agni Pariksha. Indian mythology is Naris in their time. Disguising himself as a Brahmana mendicant, Though manifesting the Bhiksha (alms) they received every day. 2. To the task. function where the girl is allowed to select her own groom) for her. to Krishna and he also protected her from all harm. They state that Draupadi This relationship also shows that complete surrender to the Lord helps (dynasties), Sita and Draupadi share striking similarities. Thank you very much. Such people did not at all deserve the least bit of But Ravana chopped off his wings. Agni requests Rama to hand over Sita to him for safekeeping and substitute her with Maya Sita; after Ravana's destruction when Sita would be asked to prove her chastity by entering fire, Maya Sita will be replaced with the real Sita again. King Drupada had In fact, Sita and Draupadi The Ramayana narrates that the monkey-god Hanuman, a devotee of Rama, was sent by Rama to seek Sita and eventually succeeds in discovering her whereabouts in Lanka; where she meets with him. In films, when the hero plays the role of Duryodhana, that Duryodhana cannot afford to unreasonably get angry with Pandavas. Vivekananda, "All our mythology may vanish, even our only speaking the most vulgar patois, there will be the story of Sita different from one another. born of the fire. Sita was given away in all look like a Brahmin. 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