தி.தெய்வநாயகம் Ravana's Secret About Sita Avatar and his description. Rāvanīyam’s secrets.
T. Theyvanayagam Sakthi Vikatan
Published:14 Apr 2025 2 PM Sakthi Vikatan
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ஶ்ரீசீதாராமன்
Published:14 Apr 2025 2 PM
Updated:14 Apr 2025 2 PM
ஶ்ரீசீதாராமன்
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Ravanīyam’s Secret About Sita Avatar, as described by Rāvana..
1. We know the festival of Ram Navami. Similarly, Sita Navami is also celebrated. Reading and listening to the glories of Goddess Sita on this day will bring Lakshmi kaṭākṣam at home. Gold - material - ornaments; Wisdom books say that there will be no shortage of money.
லட்சுமிகடாட்சம் = Lakshmi kaṭākṣam = Lakshmi ‘s– Goddess of Wealth- side glance (= Grace).
ராம நவமிக்கு அடுத்து வரும் நவமியில். அதாவது, உத்திராட நட்சத்திரமும் தேய்பிறை நவமியும் கூடிய புண்ணிய திருநாளையே சீதாநவமியாக வட மாநிலத்தவர்கள் கொண்டாடுகின்றனர்.
2. Ravanīyam’s Secret About Sita’s Avatar, as described by Rāvana.
On the Navami following RamaNavami. Sita Navami is celebrated by the people of North India on the auspicious day of Uthrada star and the waning moon Navami.
நவமி = Navami = the ninth lunar day after the new or full moon. Uthrada = The 21st nakṣatra
3. The name of the holy place where Goddess Sita was born is Sīthamadi. It is about 120 km from Patna, the capital of Bihar. Far away. Sita Navami is specially celebrated here. On this day, we also remember and worship the greatness of Goddess Sita.
4. Many Ramayanas based on Valmiki Ramayana are epics in praise of Sri Rama in different languages. Many people know this. But how many of us know the epic 'Sīthayanam'?
5. 'Ayanam' refers to the path taken. If the path walked by Sri Rama and the ethics shown by him is the Ramayana, then the history of the life of Sita, the divine heroine of Ramayana, is hailed as 'Sitāyanam' by the spiritual scholars. We can take this as a part of the Ramayana.
6. Rama Avatar is one of the 10 incarnations of Lord Vishnu to destroy Adharma and establish Dharma. Sita Devi is the incarnation of Mahalakshmi, the wife of Lord Vishnu, to support Sri Rama in this incarnation. The details of his birth and appearance are seen in different stories in a different dimension.
1. Adharma = that which is unrighteous, unjust, uncharitable
வால்மீகி ராமாயணத்தின்படி, மிதிலை நகர் மன்னர் ஜனகர் ஒரு யாகத்தைச் செய்து முடித்து, தங்கத்தால் ஆன உழுகருவியை ஏர்கொண்டு பூட்டி நிலத்தை உழுதார். அப்போது, பூமியில் புதைந்து கிடந்த ஒரு வண்ணப்பெட்டகம் தட்டுப்பட்டு, அதனுள் இருந்து ஓர் அழகான பெண் குழந்தை அவருக்குக் கிடைத்தது. பூமித்தாய் தந்த புத்திரியாக ஏற்று, அவளுக்கு ஜானகி என்று பெயரிட்டார் ஜனகர். சீராட்டி வளர்த்த அந்த மகள் பெரியவள் ஆனதும், அவளுக்காக சுயம்வரம் நடத்தினார். யாராலும் தூக்கமுடியாத சிவ தனுஸை, தசரதன் மைந்தன் ஶ்ரீராமன் வளைத்து முறித்து ஜானகியின் கரம் பற்றினான். இந்த சீதாராம கல்யாணக் கதை அனைவருக்கும் தெரிந்ததே!
7. The story of Valmiki Ramayana
According to Valmiki Ramayana, King Janaka of Mithila performed a yagna and ploughed the land with a golden plough. Then he stumbled upon a painted box buried in the earth and found a beautiful baby girl inside. Janaka accepted her as the daughter of Mother Earth and named her Jānaki. When the daughter grew up, he conducted a swayamvaram for her. Dasaratha's son Sri Rama broke the bow of Shiva who could not be lifted by anyone and held Janaki's hand. This Seetharama wedding story is known to all!
Swayamvaram = svayam-vara. Self-choice of a husband by a princess or a daughter of a Kṣatriya at a public assembly of suitors.
8. At the same time, the secret of Sita's birth is mentioned differently in the epic 'Adbhuta (wonderful) Ramayana' and in the book 'Ravanīyam' written by Ravana.
ராவணனுக்கும் மண்டோதரிக்கும் பிறந்த முதல் பெண் குழந்தைதான் சீதை. தான் அன்றாடம் வணங்கும் சிவபெருமானின் இடப்பாகமாகத் திகழும் அன்னை பார்வதியே தனக்கு மகளாகப் பிறந்திருப்பதாக எண்ணி பெருமகிழ்ச்சி அடைந்தான் ராவணன்.
9. What Ravaniyam says
Sita was the first girl child born to Ravana and Mandodari. Ravana was very happy that his daughter was born to Mother Parvati, who is the left side of Lord Shiva (Androgynous Siva) whom he worshipped every day.
10. But the astrologers who predicted the horoscope of the child said that the child was born to help Vishnu to destroy Ravana. Ravana was shocked. He ordered the child to be killed.
11. But his wife Mandodari pleaded with him saying that Sisuhatti (Infanticide) was a great sin and that they would have no offspring. Ravana took pity on her and decided to leave the child in the Himalayas where Lord Shiva was sitting.
12. Accordingly, he leaves the child in a nook between the snowy rocks at the source of the Ganges. He believed that if he did so, the child would freeze to death in the snow.
13. Instead, the snow melted and the casket was dragged along the Ganges. It reached the city of Mithila and was buried underground. It was at this moment that King Janaka began ploughing and found the baby. Janaka named the child Sita, after the sharp end of the plough, as she was born while ploughing the earth. Sita was called 'Jānaki' as she was the daughter of Janaka and 'Maithili' as she was found in Mithila. She also has a name 'Vaidēhi'.
தேவி மஹாத்மிய புராணத்திலோ சீதையின் அவதாரம் பற்றி முற்றிலும் வேறு விதமாகச் சொல்லப்பட்டுள்ளது. அதில், நாரதரிடம் பகவான் விஷ்ணுவே, ‘மகாலட்சுமி துளசிதேவியாகவும், வேதவதியாகவும், சீதையாகவும் அவதரிப்பாள்’ என்று கூறுவதாக வருகிறது. இந்தக் கதையை இன்னும் விளக்கமாகப் பார்ப்போம்.
14. What does the Devi Mahatmyam say?
In the Devi Mahatmya Purana, the incarnation of Sita is described in a completely different way. In it, Lord Vishnu himself tells Narada that Mahalakshmi will incarnate as Tulsi Devi, Vēdavati and Sita. Let us look at this story in more detail.
15. In the Treta Yuga, two persons, Dharmadhvaja and Kujadhwajan, performed severe penance on Lord Vishnu and asked for a boon that Mahalakshmi should be born as their daughter. Accordingly, Mahalakshmi was born as a daughter to Dharmadhwaja and became famous as Brindā. By virtue of her Pativrata Dharma, Brindā herself has become a plant called 'Tulsi' serving Lord Vishnu and is worshipped by us.
Pativrata Dharma = Chaste wife in moral stance.
16. Similarly, Mahalakshmi was born to Kujadhwaja as his daughter. Within a few hours of birth, the Vedas began to emanate from the child's mouth. Hence, she came to be known as 'Vēdavathi'. Living in solitude like a tapasvini in a forest, she performed severe penance to attain Vishnu as her husband. She wanted to serve Lord Vishnu who incarnated as Sri Rama to protect Dharma.
17. One day, Ravana was passing over the forest in the sky where Vēdavati lived. He noticed Vēdhavalli and instantly was mesmerized by her beauty. He went up to her and took her hand. Shocked and angry, Vēdavati cursed Ravana that if he touched any woman without her will, his head would explode instantly and entered the forest fire that was burning there.
18. She vowed, "I will be born again and destroy you," entered the fire and renders herself into ashes. Agnideva (Fire God) protects Mahalakshmi who entered fire as Vēdavati. One evening when Sri Rama was in exile with Sita and Lakshmana in Panchavati, Lord Agni appeared before Sri Rama while performing Sandhyavandanam.
Sandhyavandanam = Morning and evening prayers
19. "Rama! I have come to tell you a secret. In a few days, Ravana will imprison your wife Sita with his Maya Shakti. Then instead of your wife Sita, I will make Vedavati who is hidden in me as Maya Sita and send her with Ravana.
Maya Sita = Illusory Sita
20. I will keep the real Sita Devi immaculately pure. Maya Sita will come to me after the destruction of Ravana. The real Sita will go to you. Until then, you should not divulge this secret to anyone!" said Agnidev. Sri Rama promised to keep the secret.
22. After the killing of Ravana, Sri Rama conducted a fire test (ordeal) for Sita. Lakshmana, Hanuman, Vibhishana, Sugriva and others shed tears of grief saying, "Should Sita undergo the fire test?" But the reason for this was known only to Sri Rama and Agnideva. Maya Sita (Vedavathi) enters fire and attains Agnideva.
23. Agni Dev takes the real Sita to Sri Rama. Sri Rama could not accept Vedavathi as his wife in Rama's incarnation. But he promises to accept her in Kali Yuga. Padmavathi, the Goddess of Lord Venkatachalapathi who graces as Srinivasa Perumal in Tirumala, is an incarnation of Vedavathi.
24. Apart from Devi Mahatmyam, the history of Vedavati is also mentioned in the Tirumala Sthala Purana, Venkateswara Mahatmyam. Similarly, the Uttara Ramayana says that Sita is the daughter of Mother Earth. Let us read these wonderful stories and worship Sīta Māta and get a blessed life!