AATHREYA - SEETHA DEVI

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Dr.BalaKrishna Murthy Ramaraju ( aathreya )

 

AATHREYA - SEETHA DEVI

 

The Great Ithihaasa (Epic) Srimad RaamaayaNam

 

should have benn aptly Named after Seetha Maatha

 

as SEETHAAYANAM , as it is more a Story of

 

Mother Seetha Devi's Epic Journey from HER

 

Celestial Abode Vaikhunttam and back via

 

Mother Earth (Pruttvi Maatha)

 

Because of Sage Bhrigu's insult to MahaaVishnu,

 

Lakshmi felt sad to stay in Vaikunttam and came

 

down to Earth to do penance as VEDAVATHI.

 

VEDAVATHI, while doing Thapas , was abducted

 

by RaavaNa Brahma and taken to Lanka.

 

VEDAVATHI self ommolated Herself cursing

 

RaavaNa that She will be born as MAATHA

 

SEETHA DEVI and will be the cause for his

 

down fall.

 

Raajarshi Janaka , King of Mithila, was doing

 

Bhoo Pooja as a first step to perform an Yajnam

 

to have a Child ; He satarted ploughing the Earth

 

and lo and behold there was a Gold Chest with

 

Baby Seetha inside . SEETHA DEVI is Jaanaki,

 

(d/o Janaka) , Maithili (d/o Mithila Nagaram) and

 

Vaidehi (one who belongs to Videha Family)

 

The Divine Child married Raama when He broke

 

Shiva Dhanush and Seetha Swayamvaram was

 

attended by RaavaNa also wherein he first thought

 

of abducting MAATHA SEETHA DEVI.

 

After HER Marriage to Sri Raama as a 14 year old

 

young Bride SEETHA left Mithila never to return to

 

HER Place of Birth; SHE traveled to Ayodhya to

 

HER inlaw's city . Just before SHE was about to

 

be crowned as THE QUEEN , SEETHA DEVI

 

had to leave for Vindhya Forest for a period of

 

14 Years . During this period of Vanavaasam

 

SEETHA was abducted to Lanka by RaavaNa,

 

where SHE spent one year amidst Raakshasas.

 

SHE was rescued by Raama only to be subject

 

to a Test of Fire (Agni Pareeksha) which SHE

 

successfully withstood and traveled a second time

 

to Ayodhya . After a shortwhile , while pregnant

 

SEETHA was banished to forest again where she

 

found refuge in Sage Vaalmiki Aashram , gave Birth

 

toTwins Lava and Kusa.

 

Ultimately when Raama came to accept SEETHA

 

and requested HER to come back to Ayodhya ,

 

SHE put HER Foot down and refused point blank ,

 

but handed over HER sons to Raama's care.

 

MAATHA SEETHA DEVI went back to Mother Earth.

 

Raama may be Ideal in all other respects but He is

 

not an ideal husband . May He forgive me.

 

Om Thath Sath. aathreya-balakrishna