Why rama banish sita

The four kumaras kept on requesting to meet Lord Vishnu but neither Jaya and Vijaya relented. Just as you have caused us separation from Lord Vishnu, both of you will also lose your divinity and take birth as mortals on earth, getting separated from Lord Vishnu. For Jaya and Vijaya, the thought of separating from Lord Vishnu is unimaginable and they fall at the grace of Vishnu and request him to remove the curse of the kumaras. Vishnu refuses saying that the curse of the kumaras cannot be dishonored but reassures Jaya and Vijaya that he will take birth with them for all their mortal births on earth.

Lord Vishnu then offers them two choices: The first option is to take seven births on Earth as a devotee of Vishnu, while the second is to take three births as his enemy. Jaya and Vijaya cannot bear the thought of staying away from Vishnu for seven lives. It was Jaya and Vijaya who in their second birth were born as Ravana and Kumbhkarna.

The maya created by Lord Vishnu is such that he rescued his devotees and also through the life story of Rama and Sita gave us the scripture of Ramayana to lead us to the path of knowledge. The second and lesser known truth about the banishment of Sita is not known to many people although the story is mentioned in the scriptures. The reason that Rama had to be separated from Sita was to fulfill a curse that was given to him!

In the fights between Gods and Demons, Lord Vishnu often supported the Gods for the welfare of the three worlds. Upon finding his wife slain by Vishnu, Bhrigu cursed Lord Vishnu that he would have to suffer the pangs of separation from his wife repeatedly.

Now hear the esoteric truth about the repeated separation of Rama from Sita in their lives and the subsequent banishment of Sita. But there was a problem. Lord Vishnu or Brahman or Paramatman or Krishna is the supreme consciousness. For the purpose of creation, the one consciousness deludes itself and becomes many due to the illusion of differentiating between the seer and the seen , the body and the mind , I and them.

Now Vishnu who personifies Paramataman and the supreme knowledge, knows that he and Laxmi are the same. He knows the truth about the universe and he is beyond any diversity. Because there was no Vishnu and Laxmi!

Both were part of the one supreme paramatma. As long as Lord Vishnu remained in his enlightened state, he would never experience the pain caused from bodily separation. So how could the words of Sage Bhrigu be honored? Only by being born as normal human beings and creating a destiny that would cause their separation. Rama is praiseworthy as a man because his step-mother robbed him of his kingdom but he never held any malice towards her.

Rama the prince, lost his father, and got separated from his brothers and mother. While in exile, Rama, the valiant warrior, overcame insurmountable difficulties and fought against the abductor of his wife without his traditional army. These yajnas are to be performed by both husband and wife together.

Although there was no one who could substitute for Sita unless Lord Ram married and there was pressure on Him that if He had to perform ashwameda and other yagnas, He had to have a queen with Him, He made golden image of Sita and that image sat with Him. The fact that He went to the extreme of doing that indicates that he was not irresponsible or immoral - just concerned about worldly pleasure through reputation or enjoyment. Lord Ram Himself was very principled. So what He is exhibiting through sending Sita away from His palace are not irresponsibility or immorality but detachment and exemplary conduct.

Detachment means setting an example of dharma, one is not ready to compromise at all. One is ready to sacrifice any pleasure required for the setting up of dharma. Lord Ram had a conflict in between His duty as a family member, as a husband and duty as a king and He did His duty as a king by exemplifying detachment and He did His duty as a husband by ensuring that Sita was cared for.

But Sita had already gone through agni pariksha and proven her chastity. She had maintained Her chastity despite all the allurements of Ravana.

Ravana had threatened Her as well as tempted Her. She maintained her chastity despite it all and then She proved Her chastity by going through the agni pariksha and then even after that She had to undergo the mortification of being rejected by Lord Ram.

How is this justified? So certainly this is very heart rending. Firstly we have to understand that in every scripture there is a story line, there is philosophy and there is a rasa. But he did what could possibly be done to keep his foolish subjects happy.

Once The King Rama went for town travel cloak That no one can know that this is our king to know what the people are thinking about the kingdom and king, Is there any who unsatisfied with king?

He saw some people who were discussing about Ram-Ravana war, Some people had doubt on sita, Some blamed Rama that he is very Fatuous by accepting Sita after she had stayed in lanka. Rama could not tolerate that majority people had doubt about the holiness of sita. He believed that if the public have not trust on their king then he is not a good king. He also found that the people of kingdom are unsatisfied with his decision. At the end he told Sita to give fire test again in front of all the public of avadh to show her holiness and purity.

Rama showed his Raj-Dharma A duty of King. Sita did not attempt second fire test as well as she attempted subside by going into the earth land. Rama didn't learn the purity of Sita from the fire-test. Rama always knows about the purity of Sita. Thus witness from fire-test is immaterial for Rama. Fire-test is intended for proving chastity of Sita to others. It is evident from the following words of Rama. I have been born in the illustrious family of the high-souled Ikshawkus.

Sita hath been born also in the holy family of the great Janaka; gentle Lakshmana, thou knowest how in the solitary forest of Dandaka, Sita was stolen away by Ravana and how have I slain him. At that time even I was stricken with anxiety regarding Sita that how I could take her home since she had resided in the house of the Rakshasas.

To secure my confidence, Sita, in your very presence, entered fire. At that time, O Saumitri, fire, carrying sacrificial oblations and the wind of the sky declared Sila's innocence before the celestials.

In the presence of all the Rishis and gods, the Sun and Moon announced the innocence of the daughter of Janaka. Indra, the king of the celestials, himself handed over the chaste Sita unto me in the island of Lanka. My mind knoweth Sita as chaste for ever. So, at that time, I came back to Ayodhya with Sita.

It is evident that the citizens of Ayodhya are not the direct audience of Sita's fire-test. Rama, Lakshmana and very few others may directly witnessed the fact that Sita proved herself by fire-test.

But the people of Ayodhya did not witnessed it directly and hence the rumors got originate. It should be noted that a King should not use the strength of words of very few people, including himself, even though they are true, to make such decisions of keeping Sita intact in kingdom after rumors.

The truth should be validated and verified in front of all others also. Such virtue of a king can be observed from the following words of Dushmanta from the Mahabharata. Dushmanta did not accept his wife Sakuntala and his son Bharata until celestials validate it in front of others. But as soon as she had left, a voice from the skies, emanating from no visible shape, thus spoke unto Dushmanta as he was sitting surrounded by his occasional and household priests, his preceptors, and ministers.

And the voice said, 'The mother is but the sheath of flesh; the son sprung from the father is the father himself. Therefore, O Dushmanta, cherish thy son, and insult not Sakuntala. O best of men, the son, who is but a form of one's own seed, rescueth ancestors from the region of Yama.

Thou art the progenitor of this boy. Sakuntala hath spoken the truth. The husband, dividing his body in twain, is born of his wife in the form of son. Therefore, O Dushmanta, cherish, O monarch, thy son born of Sakuntala. To live by forsaking one's living son is a great, misfortune.

Therefore, O thou of Puru's race, cherish thy high-souled son born of Sakuntala--And because this child is to be cherished by thee even at our word, therefore shall this thy son be known by the name of Bharata the cherished. I myself know this one to be my son. If I had taken him as my son on the strength of Sakuntala's words alone, my people would have been suspicious and my son also would not have been regarded as pure.

And he took unto him that son with joy. And the king with a joyous heart then performed all those rites upon his son that a father should perform.

And the king smelt his child's head and hugged him with affection. And the Brahmanas began to utter blessings upon him and the bards began to applaud him. And the monarch then experienced the great delight that one feeleth at the touch of one's son.

And Dushmanta also received mat wife of his with affection. And he told her these words, pacifying her affectionately, ' O goddess, my union with the? My people might think that we were only lustfully united and not as husband and wife, and therefore, this son that I would have installed as my heir apparent would only have been regarded as one of impure birth.

And dearest, every hard word thou hast uttered in thy anger, have I, O large-eyed one, forgiven thee. Thou art my dearest! And king Dushmanta, then, bestowed the name of Bharata upon his child, and formally installed him as the heir apparent. Another point to be noted is given in this answer. An individual can always be left for the welfare of the kingdom. Vaisampayana said,--"During the course of this gambling, certain to bring about utter ruin on Yudhishthira , Vidura, that dispeller of all doubts, addressing Dhritarashtra said, 'O great king, O thou of the Bharata race, For the sake of a family a member may be sacrificed; for the sake of a village a family may be sacrificed, for the sake of a province a village may be sacrificed and for the sake of one's own soul the whole earth may be sacrificed.

You may get the doubt that how can leaving Sita can be helpful in welfare of the kingdom. You can get the answer from the following words of citizens. Having discomfitted Ravana, in the encounter Rama hath released Sita, but not being the least enraged or account of her being touched by Ravana he hath brought her to his own city.

Ravana did forcibly place Sita on her lap; how can then Rama enjoy delight in her company? Having taken her to the city of Lanka, Ravana did keep her in the Asoka forest and Sita was brought under the control of Rakshasas. Still Rama hath not been worked up with hatered by Sita.

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