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thinking of Gunasen as guilty. Seeing Gunasen's mistakes, his anger was ignited. He became incensed. There ended his thoughts about his future lives or his faith in the religion. Enmity, which is the origin of all miseries, pain and afflictions, possessed his mind.
The result of the litmus paper test is clear. Till his ‘parana’ was missed twice, he saw it as his own mistake and considered it as a fruit of his past karmas. His mind till then was calm, contented and pure. However, the third time that his ‘parana' was missed, he started seeing it as a mistake on Gunasen's part. The fire of anger spread within him, which engulfed the peace and beauty of his mind, his composure and happiness. Instead, his mind was soiled with the blackness of agitation, cruelty and a feeling of animosity.
The virtuous souls of Luv and Kush were developing as foetuses in the womb of Mahasati Sita, as an effect of which, Sitaji had keen desires like enforcing ‘amaripravartan’ in the kingdom, having grand devotional festivals, doing supatra-dan, and, undertaking pilgrimages. All these desires except for the one for going on a pilgrimage had been fulfilled by Ramchandraji. In the meantime, people were blaming Sitaji. “How could Sitaji's morality have remained unblemished since she stayed at Ravana's palace for such a long time?” How long does it take for gossip such as this to spread like wild fire? When Ramchandraji heard of it, he decided to abandon Sitaji.
Amari pravartan = enforcement of non-violence Supatra-dan = offering of food and other requisites to monks and nuns
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