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JAIN RAMAYAN
"O you great gods that rule over the universe! If I have at anytime in my life desired the company of any other man except that of Shri Ram, may the god of fire burn me to ashes and if I have not desired any other man except Shri Ram let the flaming fires be extinguished at once. Let there be coolness in the place where now fire is burning."
Then she closed her eyes and remembered the Namaskar Mahamantra.
The next moment, she leaped into the flaming fires.
But even before Sita leaped into the flames, the divine commander sent by Indra had extinguished the fires. A miracle had occurred. Even as Sita leaped into the fire the pit miraculously changed into a lake full of cool water. A vast and magnificent lotus appeared on the waves of the lake. It had been created by gods. At once, Sita sat on the lotus.
She was like Mahalakshmi, the goddess of wealth seated on the lotus.
Joy and jubilations filled the atmosphere. People began to glorify Sita as a goddess. Their cries of jubilation reverberated in the high skies. They shed tears of joy but the cool and fragrant water of the lake instead of remaining still began to whirl violently. There arose a flood in the lake. The water assuming the shape of a monstrous wave began to roll forth. A terrible noise rose everywhere.
Within a few moments, the water flowed violently upto the platforms. Fearing that they would be drowned, the people began to cry in agony. The Vidyadhars leaped into the skies but the human beings could not do so. How could they save their lives? They began to make humble entreaties to Sita. They knew that only Sita could save them from death.
“O you goddess ! Kindly save us from death."
Sita was still in meditation. Hearing the agonised cries of the people she opened her eyes. Seeing the perilous condition
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