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one is to be blamed, it is Karmasatta who is making them change their views."
While returning, the Chief asked Sitaji, "Do you have any message for Ramchandraji?" Even at that time, there was no sarcasm or abuse from Sitaji, like, "What kind of justice is this? You just heard one side and then ordered me to be banished? I should have been heard too! Besides, even a common man who wants to abandon his wife, leaves her at her parental home. You are a great king so you have the prerogative to leave your wife, alone in the middle of the jungle? Your propriety is indeed praise-worthy!" How could she be this peaceful, calm and collected? The answer is - through 'Swabhooldarshan'.
When a person sees his mistakes and prepares his mind to bear any affliction, fully realizing that, "It is my own mistake and I have to bear the result of it", then it becomes easier to withstand that affliction. If a person, who is walking, is told that the distance to be travelled is twelve kilometres and if it turns out to be fifteen kilometres, he would get annoyed. If he is told from the beginning that the distance is fifteen kilometres, he covers it with ease, because he is mentally prepared for it. This is to say that a person, who admits his mistakes, is mentally prepared to bear the pain with ease and therefore is able to maintain his composure.
When a person who sees other's mistakes, thinks, "Why should I bear the consequence of his mistakes?", he is not only unprepared mentally to bear the pain, he
Swabhooldarshan = to realize one's own mistakes
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