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Padmapurana
Then the sky, darkened by smoke, became filled with dense clouds. It seemed as if the rainy season had arrived untimely and enveloped everything. ||14||
The world then seemed to be filled with bees, or perhaps with cuckoos, or perhaps with pigeons. It was a different world altogether. ||15||
Unable to bear the sight of such a calamity, the compassionate Sun quickly hid himself somewhere. ||16||
In that pond, a terrible fire blazed, its great force spreading in all directions, with flames as long as chariots. ||17||
Seeing that fire, one wondered: Is the sky being covered by thousands of suns rising simultaneously? Or has a multitude of Palasa trees from the netherworld suddenly risen up? Or has the sky been enveloped by the twilight of the end of the world? Or is this entire world preparing to become golden? Or is the entire world becoming filled with lightning? Or has another moving Mount Meru been born out of a desire to conquer? ||18-20||
Then Sita, whose mind was extremely steadfast, rose up and, for a moment, renounced her body. She praised the Jinas, who had been attained through devotion, and bowed to the Tirthankaras, beginning with Rishabha. She bowed to the Siddhas, all the Sadhus, and the Muni Suvrata Jina, whose Tirtha was then being served by the gods, demons, and humans, who were filled with joy and possessed supreme power. With her mind fixed on the feet of the Acharya, who was dedicated to the welfare of all beings, Sita, who was noble, profound, and extremely humble, spoke. ||21-24||
"I have not cherished any other man in my mind, speech, or action, not even in a dream. This is my truth." ||25||
"If I am speaking falsely, then may this fire, even though it is far away, reduce me to ashes in an instant." ||26||
"And if I have not cherished any other man in my mind, even for a moment, then may this fire, which is filled with purity, not touch me." ||27||