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The Navottara Shata Parva describes Sita's renunciation of her husband and son, and her subsequent initiation into Jainism. Here's a translation preserving Jain terms:
1. The Navottara Shata Parva tells of Sita, whose endeavors were renowned throughout the world, renouncing her husband and son, and becoming a Jain ascetic. Listen to what she did.
2. At that time, the glorious, all-adorned Kevali was present, possessing divine knowledge, understanding both the world and the beyond.
3. He had made all of Ayodhya adept in the practice of household life, prosperous, and adorned with the right Dharma.
4. All the people were steadfast in the words of the Bhagavan, as if a king, adorned with an empire, was protecting them.
5. At that time, the people were celebrating the right Dharma, were of great fortune, possessed right knowledge, and devoted to the worship of the Sadhus.
6. The Tirtha, the destroyer of worldly existence, of Muni Suvrata Nath, was shining brightly, just as the interval between the Arnath and Mallinath Jinas was shining.
7. Sita, who surpassed even the beauty of the celestial nymphs, became withered by her austerities, like a burnt Madhavi creeper.
8. She was always filled with great fervor, free from impure thoughts, and considered womanhood as something to be condemned.
9. Her chest and hair were always covered with dust from the earth, and she wore a garment of dirt, born from sweat, due to lack of bathing.
10. She performed the Parana, as prescribed by the scriptures, after four days, a fortnight, and a season, was devoted to the practice of good conduct and the fundamental virtues, free from attachment and aversion, focused on spiritual contemplation, completely peaceful, and had brought her mind under control.
11. She performed extremely difficult austerities, unbearable to others, abstaining from all flesh, with her bones and intestines visible, and renounced all earthly possessions, taking refuge in a wooden image.