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Sita is fully described in the Ramayana. She was the daughter of King Janaka, ruler of Mithila. The king was engaged in ritually plowing the land to help produce food to counter a famine at the time, and while using a golden plow, it revealed a pitcher that had been buried from which Sita appeared. The plow tip is called a sita, thus Sita was the name given to her. At the time, the demon Ravana had collected tax from the local sages who had placed their blood in this pitcher. Thus, when the plow later uncovered and churned the pitcher, the life-force from the sages produced Sita, and Sita thus became the cause of Ravana's destruction.
As related in the Ramayana, Lord Rama won Sita's hand in marriage. But due to political intrigue, Rama's father, Dasharatha, had to keep a promise he had made to his second wife Kaikeyi, who wanted her own son to ascend the throne and not Lord Rama. So she had Rama and Sita thrown into exile and made to wander the forests. During that time, Ravana abducted Sita and kept Her in the Ashoka-Vatika, the garden of Ashoka trees. He tried to force her to marry him but she would not. During that time Rama and Lakshmana wandered the forests in search of Her. In time they found out she had been taken by Ravana, and having learned where he was, Lord Rama finally put the end to him and rescued Sita.
Even though some citizens doubted Sita's purity, she had undergone the Agni-Pariksha, or witness by fire to attest to her purity as a devoted wife. Even then it was over-heard that a washerman had doubts of Sita's character, having spent so much time in Ravana's house. So to help ward off any criticism, Rama exiled Sita to the forest ashrama of Valmiki. While there she gave birth to, Lava and Kush, the twin sons of Lord Rama. Valimiki once brought Sita and her sons to Ayodhya, the capital of Lord Rama, where the sons sang the Ramayana in front of Lord Rama. Valmiki also proclaimed that Sita was as good as purity and chastity incarnate.
Though Sita's life was full of struggle and hardship, she was innocent and pure. She gave up all comforts to serve her beloved husband and uphold sanctity, faithfulness, virtue and moral standards. Thus she holds one of the highest places among women in Vedic culture and of woman's character.
Notes:
Surpankha leads Ravana on the Road to Distruction
It was Surpanakha who instilled lust for Sita in Ravanas heart by describing her beauty. In fact, Surpanakha was the arrow that set in motion the chain of events leading directly to the destruction of Ravana.
The youngest child of Rishi Visrava and his second wife, Kaikesi, Surpanakha was given the name of "Minakshi" (the fish-eyed one) at birth. As beautiful as her mother Kaikesi and her grandmother Thataka had been before her, Surpanakha grew up to marry the Asura Dushtabuddhi . Initially, Surpanakha's husband enjoyed high favor with her brother Ravana, the King of Lanka, and they were privileged members of Ravana's court, but the three fell out eventually due to Dushtabuddhi's scheming for more power. Ravana had Dushtabuddhi killed, an act which earned Ravana his sister's great displeasure.
We can say that Rama & Lakshmana messed with Surpanakha by humiliating Her but the actual point should not go un-noticed that Rama and Lakshmana knew how to get away with it because of their being Supreme Personality of Godhead who is always supremely pure but Ravana had to pay a big price for messing with Surpanakha. She definitely did not act as a well wishing sister.
Surpanakha did not posses the constructive power to protect her Husband but still with her destructive power she brought the fall of Lanka and the Asura clan.
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