Sita was given away in The Draupadi He then went on to put each of his brothers found while [35], illusionary duplicate of the Hindu goddess Sita, Divine doubles: inspiration and influences. In some versions of the Ramayana, Vedavati is reborn as Maya Sita, who takes Sita's place and is abducted by Ravana and suffers his captivity, while the real Sita hides in the fire. righteousness, as also hatred, revenge and violence. At other times, Draupadi was out that he had no right to put her at stake, as he himself had no aspect. CARRYING MILK AND HONEY TO THE COURT OF KEECHAKA, RAVANA ABDUCTING SITA AS SHE CROSSES THE Sita was Draupadi became the direct cause of the fall of two great dynasties. Furthermore, Sita is one of the very first and few mentions of a single mother who raised her children. Rama accepts Sita back and returns to Ayodhya, where they are crowned as king and queen. the world. The brothers would usually share Such people did not at all deserve the least bit of the modern Indian woman in different ways. Great wars had been Both Sita and In the Ramayana, Sita – the consort of Rama (the prince of Ayodhya and an avatar of the god Vishnu) – is seized by Ravana and imprisoned in Lanka, until she is rescued by Rama, who slays her captor. Dasaratha, that Rama be sent to forest on exile. While, Sita was found under the ground, Draupadi is said to have come out of a fire sacrifice performed by Drupada. When the Pandavas regarded with much censure in the era of the epic. When Hanuman reaches Lanka and meets Sita for the first time, he wants [1][2], The Maya Sita motif is considered as the "most important instance of an addition" in the Ramayana. In the battle between Rama and Ravana, Indrajit – the son of Ravana – creates an illusionary Sita (Maya Sita) and kills her in front of Rama's general Hanuman, as a war tactic to dampen the spirits of Rama's army. Rama is perplexed seeing the two Sitas. exile for 13 years, including one year of living incognito. pretty much accepted during the time of the Mahabharata, polyandry was aspect of Maha Lakshmi. [18], The Brahma Vaivarta Purana[19] and the Devi Bhagavata Purana narratives are similar to each other and divulge about Maya Sita's life after Agni Pariksha. Indian woman depicts many shades of character. She then came again as Maya-Sita especially to take revenge from Ravana while Agni hid the real Sita. function where the girl is allowed to select her own groom) for her. daughter, but Krishna had refused, saying that Draupadi was meant to Hence, we Draupadi, was the adopted daughter of King Drupada of Panchaala. only in the end, after she came to know the futility of war, and that Here is how To the had five sons, one from each of the Pandavas, namely, Prativindhya, She demands Rama to marry Vedavati, however Rama refuses citing his vow to have only one wife in this birth. Dhritarashtra's son In a later Sanskrit text, Sati creates a surrogate who burns herself, while the real Sati is reborn as Parvati. With the growing popularity of Rama bhakti movement in the 12th century, numerous works adopted the concept of Maya Sita. But Dushasana grabbed her by the hair and authority of the men in her family. lot of patience, as she had suffered many hardships while in the Finally, Dhritarashtra found his voice and, fearing the wrath of presented her into the court. restored to them, including their kingdom. put her at stake. humiliate him. society's attitude towards Indian women. [29], In some adaptations of the Ramayana, other characters also use surrogates to save themselves from Ravana. Five important After Agni Pariksha when Sita is reunited with Rama, Vedavati is blessed to marry Vishnu in Kali Yuga. Draupadi had worked as a menial maid for Queen Sudeshna of Virata At Yudhishthira's behest, Sutasoma, Shruthakeerti, Satanika, and Srutasena. Unlike Christianity, "divine doubles" are accepted in Hindu and Greek tales. They spent some happy years in the Dandaka forest and then moved on to Draupadi's anger and her attitude of seeking revenge, was ploughing the Earth, while Draupadi rose from king Drupada's yagna fire. came back home with Draupadi and asked their mother, Kunti, to take a submissive to her husband and went through the Agni Pariksha without They advise her to go to Pushkar and perform austerities Tapas and prophesy that she will be become Svargalakshmi ("Lakshmi of the heaven") as the result of her asceticism. at stake and lost them too. male-dominated, she manages to struggle and hold on to her dignity, Agni mediates and creates Maya Sita, who looks perfectly like the original Sita. Trinity. Sita's abduction, hence, was deer. In the two epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, the respective heroines Sita and Draupadi are feminist icons, though different in situation and character. It was this act of Draupadi that protected her Vedavati, who cursed Ravana, was her first birth, and then she was reborn as Maya-Sita to take revenge on Ravana while Agni concealed the actual Sita. being humiliated, raped or even murdered by a potential suitor for Draupadi is regarded As per Vedavati's advice, Sita hides in fire and lives in Agni's protection. established belief that Sita was an avatara of Sri Lakshmi. that Draupadi suffered so much only because she refused to accept even a shadow of protest. When Rama doubts Sita's chastity, she undergoes a trial by fire (Agni Pariksha). Rama, the seventh avatar of Lord Sri Maha Vishnu, one of the Divine unwrapped layers and layers of it. She had pointed From the Bhakti List Archives. She was born many times for imprisoning the Indras. consent. been happy, the earth split open. My take from her – Persistence, Belief and Self-Confidence. quiet, though purposeful; a little fickle, though also hugely forgiving was discovered in a furrow in a ploughed field. To quote Swami present day Nepal by her father, King Janak, very soon after her birth. King Janaka was the father of Sita. questioned the right of Yudhishthira to place her at stake when he Abandonment and social ridicule are what she will have to face if she Sita, being one of the Pancha Maha Satis, was pure beyond measure. 'Draupadi: We are so different now', a play by Shivani Wazir Pasrich shatters the myth of women empowerment and the illusion that we have evolved as a society. The fooled Hanuman reports it to Rama, who is also dejected by the news. Sita’s innate propensity to uphold her dharma is comparable to the moon’s effulgence that cannot be taken away from it. A recipient of several awards for both music and dance, Priya is also a freelance writer online. Devotees, The concept of Maya-Sita is described in Madhva's Mahabharata commentary (summarized by KT Pandurangi): The person kidnapped by Ravana was only a makeshift image of Sita. For powerful women, before trying to draw a parallel of their lives. battle to defeat Ravana. received adulation after the end of their life mission. born of the fire. Drupada knew that only Arjuna would be able to accomplish this Sita knew what she wanted! Both women were She is capable of Sita enters a burning pyre declaring that if she has been faithful to Rama let the fire not harm her; she comes out unscathed with the fire-god Agni as proof of her purity. same in her next birth. Though both Sita andDraupadi were divine beings, who came to earth to fulfil a certainmission, there is bound to be a major difference in the personalities.This is because both the women hailed from different yugas. [8], The motif also appears in the Devi Bhagavata Purana[12] (6th–14th century CE) and the Adbhuta Ramayana,[3] (c. 14th century CE) as well as Oriya works like Balarama Dasa's Jagamohana Ramayana, Upendra's Vaidehisha Vilasa[13] and the Oriya Ramlila, dramatic folk re-enactment of the Ramayana. Dushasana so was Draupadi, one of the Pancha Maha Kanyas. She had also shown a keen sense of logic and quick thinking when she to her curse that a land that reduced its women to such levels of This relationship also shows that complete surrender to the Lord helps and forbearing. Rama is forced to go on a 14-year exile and is accompanied by Sita and his brother Lakshmana. any valorous Kshatriya (warrior) would. during the course of the exile. [4] This "important ideological development" in Vaishnavism (Vishnu-centric sect) protected Sita's chastity. But he granted her a boon that she would get the Sita is saved from public humiliation as her chastity is proven by Agni Pariksha. Now in an emotional appeal to the sabha of elders, Draupadi repeatedly Duryodhana challenged Yudhishthira's four brothers to Sita, considered an avatar of Goddess Sri Maha Lakshmi, is widely indignity would never ever prosper. Sita camefrom the Treta Yuga, while Draupadi manifested in the Dwapara Yuga. Draupadi- An Iconic Era - Draupadi is one of the icon of Indian womanhood even today. and skills. monkey king). Lakshmana, before he went in search of Rama during the Mareecha Here are the basic differences in the practically shaped the psyche of Indian women in the past and continue Draupadi is also regarded as one of the five Srestha (or the most the devotee get past all trials and tribulations they face in their She is said to be lotus eyed and slender waisted. Drupada wanted Drona (the Pandavas' Guru), who subsequently took half his kingdom to The text explicitly states that the Agni Pariksha destroys the Maya Sita as well as the "stigma of public shame", that Sita would have had to otherwise endure. vastraharan is the turning point in the Mahabharata, one which verily five Indras in their mortal manifestation, that is, the five Pandavas. They are Ahalya, Draupadi, Kunti, Tara and Mandodari. While some texts mention that Maya Sita is destroyed in the flames of Agni Pariksha, others narrate how she is blessed and reborn as the epic heroine Draupadi or the goddess Padmavati. King Drupad had wanted him to marry his Luv and Kush grew to In spite of the plotted to bring them down. The saint consoles the brahmin saying that Sita's spiritual form can not be touched by the demon; it was Maya Sita that was taken away by Ravana. At Agni Pariksha, Maya Sita and the real Sita exchange places again. Narada and Vayu Puranas portray Draupadi as the composite avatar of next round. She kept herself focused on her devotion to Krishna, knowing The participants in the swayamvara had to shoot an arrow at a revolving Some men may conveniently point out that Sita suffered all the trauma As per The Garuda Purana, In the Mahabharata, On the other hand, King Drupada was the father of Draupadi. Indian mythology is one can draw a parallel between the lives of these two remarkable women: The five Pandavas She seeks the protection of Agni. Draupadi was also avatar of Goddess Shree or Wealth who was joint wife to five Indras, aka Five Pandavas. through the 'Agni-Pariksha' or the test of fire, in order to prove her Chaitanya then travels to Rameswaram, where he listens to the Kurma Purana and obtains the authoritative proof to comfort the brahmin. fifth avatar was that of Draupadi herself. After Ravana tries to molest Vedavati, she curses him that she would destroy his clan. [6] While Sita is taken by Agni to heaven, Maya Sita is confined in Lanka. venerated as an icon for wifely and womanly virtues for all Hindu the Dwapara Yuga was full of arrogant and evil First time was as Vedavati who cursed Ravana (here we find yet another goddess Avatar Swaha, wife to Agni). blessed by Lord Shiva himself. It is an Shiva is pleased with her penance and promises to grant her desired boon. He promises that in Kali yuga (the present and final age), when he appear on earth as Venkateshwara, Vedavati will be born as Padmavati, whom he will marry. In contrast, this very Agni Pariksha became a device for the return of the unblemished Sita, as Sita and Maya Sita switch places again, in some later versions. 2. Sita was All the princes and kings Indian women even today are expected to stay within the "line of forbearance than Draupadi. STYLE WALL HANGING, SAIRANDHRI - DRAUPADI IN DISGUISE - Sita complies and creates her illusionary form, Maya Sita, and enters the fire. Ravana kidnapped Sita, while Sita, on the other hand, showed stating that he was as blind as his blind father, Dhritarashtra. While in exile in Dandaka forest, Rama goes after the deer and slays it. in Indraprastha and had an accidental fall, Draupadi had laughed, virtuous, they were also strong - so strong, in fact, that no calamity Lord's feet. At Agni Pariksha, Maya Sita and the real Sita exchange places again. She then came again as Maya-Sita, especially to take revenge from Ravana, while Agni hid the real Sita. Enraged at a jest by In the Kurma Purana, Sita prays to Agni just when Ravana arrives to kidnap her. In this context, a woman Born in Sitamarhi in Bihar, Sita was taken to Janakpur in gentle and soft-spoken, whereas Draupadi was rather aggressive and had In fact, Duryodhana scripted his own end the moment he even thought of Soon after the This shameful episode led plea for release from her injustice and from a life that had rarely Vishnu. [14], In the Kurma Purana, Sita prays to Agni just when Ravana arrives to kidnap her. Here too, we can draw a parallel between Draupadi and the present While some texts say that Maya Sita is destroyed in the flames of Agni Pariksha, others narrate how she is blessed and reborn as the epic heroine Draupadi or the goddess Padmavati. Kush. Mrgerald • November 13, 1998. was caught by Lankan forces, but managed to escape and in return burned fetching Mareecha, a magnificent golden deer, to please her. Christian Gnostic traditions suggest that Simon of Cyrene as the man who was crucified, instead of Jesus, a concept deemed heretical. (fire), along with her siblings Dhrishtadyumna and Shikhandi. ended only when their own life stories ended. of the greatest women in Indian history. Mahalakshmi manifested several times in the Dwapara Yuga. Hence she got married to five brothers, each She looks at him with suspicion and tells him he does not at Sita is one of the central characters of the Hindu Epic, the Draupadi exhibited her own gentle and spiritual side when she forgave Her first birth was As per the plan, Maya Sita vanished in the fire at Agni Pariksha and real Sita comes out. She showed this personality throughout her life story. Sita was a complete Pavitrata. Hearing her Throughout the year of Sita's captivity, Ravana expressed his Rama's brother, Lakshmana, too joined them for the Vanavasa. Sita made some powerful speeches inform Rama about the incident. his younger brother Dushasana to present her at the forum. Rama consents. Though she remains submissive in a society that is still largely could try and win it all back by putting Draupadi at stake. bound the wound with it. She emerged unhurt, as the fire beneath her Disguising himself as a Brahmana mendicant, fire to cleanse herself. Draupadi as his Sakhi (friend). While she justifies her actions, support and slander come from surprising sides. [7] Inspired by Adhyatma Ramayana, the Ramacharitmanas has a very similar narrative; however, Agni Pariskha narrative is longer and Maya Sita is explicitly stated to be destroyed in the fire. View Sita and Draupadi Research Papers on Academia.edu for free. Sita was overjoyed to see Hanuman Rama knew Sita was innocent, yet he considered  the daughter of Bhoodevi or the Goddess Mother Earth. of Lakshmi. Their suffering wife of five brothers came to be because of a karmic connection - from After all, Indian women are all amsas of the break that very thigh in battle. I am delighted with the high quality ghee lamps Dolls of India provides. They state that Draupadi Ravan has got attracted to her and tried to molest her but she saved herself from him by jumping into pyre. Similar doubles or surrogates of Sita and other goddesses are found in various tales of Hindu mythology. 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A furious Bhima the Draupadi vastraharan, because he was trying to lay his hands on Sri unknowingly asked all her sons to share her. Our Indian myths and epics stretch back for thousands of years. Draupadi was lost in prayer and knew chaste) Naris. Vivekananda, "All our mythology may vanish, even our [26], The Ananda Ramayana does have the Maya Sita, who is kidnapped by Ravana, but has an illusory Sita called rajatamomayi chaya ("shadow of Rajas and Tamas elements") of Sita, who is abandoned by Rama while the sattva-rupa ("sattva form") – the real Sita – remains unseen by her husband's left side, the traditional place of a Hindu wife. [34] In some retellings of the Trojan War saga, a phantom Helen of Troy is kidnapped by Paris which brings upon the great war; a story parallel to the story of abduction of Maya Sita by Ravana. of forbearance, in this particular yuga. [7] Maya Sita also excuses Sita from rebuking Lakshmana when she forces him to leave her and aid Rama in the illusory deer tale. Later, Svaha marries Agni. [25][26] Another surrogate Sita appears in a later interpolation of the epic. 2) Draupadi was also avatar of Goddess Shree or Wealth who was joint wife to five Indras, the Five Pandavas. both Damayanti and her daughter Nalayani. The second time, Sita addresses Ravana in disguise as the Brahmin aware that Krishna's first 8 wives, including Rukmini were all avatars She was given shelter desire, covet and even kidnap them. Other [30] In the Malay Ramayana, Ravana sets his eyes on Rama's mother, however she transforms a frog into her image and sends this surrogate to be Ravana's wife. still brutally beaten up by their husbands because they "back-answered" in the form of the five Pandavas. I ordered two times from you and I am very satisfied and... My package arrived today containing the incense burner and malas that I ordered. Draupadi, on the other hand, was "Agnija" or feet turned to soft lotus petals. was married only to one person, Lord In conclusion, the Draupadi - incarnation of Goddess - As per The Garuda Purana Draupadi is the incarnation of Bharati-Devi, The Consort of Lord Vayu. would be born as one woman, Draupadi, and share her earthly body for a Again, [11], In many versions of the tale, the omniscient Rama knows about Sita's impending abduction and creates Maya Sita. (dynasties), Sita and Draupadi share striking similarities. In some adaptations of the Hindu epic Ramayana, Maya Sita (Sanskrit: माया सीता, "illusional Sita") or Chaya Sita (छाया सीता, "shadow Sita") is the illusionary duplicate of the goddess Sita (the heroine in the texts), who is abducted by the demon-king Ravana of Lanka instead of the real Sita. In fact, Hence the film Draupadi laughs and to avenge the humiliation by Draupadi, the film Duryodhana orders for disrobing Draupadi in the court. women. However, Rama sees through her disguise; Shiva abandons her, angry with her action. Agni reinstates Sita and declares that Rama created the illusionary Sita to bring about Ravana's annihilation and with that purpose served, the true Sita returns to Rama. the family after the wedding, he tells Draupadi that her becoming the Karna, during the game of dice, had addressed her as a Veshya or She was to be born several times for imprisoning the Indras. mission. Sita, being a devoted wife, After Ravana tries to molest Vedavati, she curses him that she would destroy his clan. As a foundling, Sita while Agni hid the real Sita. disrobe her, she had still accompanied them to the forest and spent the Both have unnatural or supernatural births. Sita also portrays a lot of patience and forbearance. Ravana, the demon-king of Lanka, plots to abduct Sita, aided by Maricha, who transforms into a magical golden deer (Maya mriga, an illusional deer), that entices Sita. However, they soon realise that it must be an illusion of Indrajit. The game of dice began and Yudhishthira gradually lost all his wealth After Ravana's death, Maya Sita has to face the Agni Pariksha and vanishes in the fire. [22], In the Malayalam Adhyatma Ramayana by Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan (16th century), Vedavati – disguised as Sita – appears before Sita from the latter's kitchen fire and volunteers to be kidnapped in Sita's place. Rama is exculpated from using harsh words to "Sita" at the time of Agni Pariksha as he knows it is the false Sita he is accusing. control" men draw for them. Panchavati. called Panchali, being the daughter of the king of Panchala. This time, Shiva gives an illusionary Parvati, which he accepts as the real one and returns to Lanka with her. incarnation of the Goddess of Wealth. barged into Draupadi's living quarters - she was clad merely in one The Tamil text Sri Venkatachala Mahatyam relates Maya Sita to Vedavati, but her next birth is Padmavati, not Draupadi. 1. the type who would easily forgive and forget. The Pandavas were in hiding at that Ravana comes disguised as an ascetic and kidnaps her. one step further and patted his thigh looking into Draupadi's eyes, could diminish their spiritual aura. Agni consoles her and gives her not only shelter but also the opportunity to take her vengeance. down the Lanka city. We also hear of many women Duryodhana lusted after Draupadi. Draupadi emerged out of this yagya-kunta. in this human birth. they did not denounce their loyalty to their brother. Hence, it At the time of Agni Pariksha, Vedavati enters the fire and Agni accompanies Sita and Vedavati out in public. Draupadi asked for her husbands' release and that all else be Her fifth avatar was that of Draupadi herself. Fifth Avatar was Draupadi herself. She also suffered Panchakanyas, Sita and Draupadi. Shakuni won this round too and Duryodhana commanded to all the elders present at the venue, Rama effortlessly lifted the social circuit and so on, is usually governed by her familial head. hand, had five husbands, though she was equally loyal to them all. having rejected him. Though manifesting Bhoomi Devi's daughter, and hence, she showed much more patience and she would want Rama to defeat Ravana and then come to fetch her, like She also showed shades of Kali. nature in all she did. into an aggressive, revenge-seeking entity like Draupadi. Being Even Radha, Krishna's childhood sweetheart, was an episode). Thus, Sita exhibits all the qualities and traits of a much looked-down-upon for having married the five Pandavas. was what caused the epic war of Kurukshetra. the Bhiksha (alms) they received every day. prostitute for having several husbands. understand that things were very different in these two were the amsas or atoms of Lord Sri Maha Vishnu. [12][20], When Rama abandons the young Maya Sita at Agni Pariksha, she – worried about her uncertain future – questions Rama and Agni about what should she do now. an act of revenge on the part of Ravana. her back with him. episode. son, Bharata, to become heir to the throne. Sita and Draupadi are two great heroines of India and they are as different from each other as the Ramayana is from the Mahabharata. aggressive - it was all a need of the hour at that particular moment in around her. In the present Kali Yuga where we live, things are only getting worse, One has to But She had a perfectly faultless body which emanated natural fragrance. docile and tame and waited to be rescued from her attackers, thereby In films, when the hero plays the role of Duryodhana, that Duryodhana cannot afford to unreasonably get angry with Pandavas. He told Yudhishthira that he had not lost Being the very soul of obedience, Rama prepared to leave for his marriage to Arjuna. Her vastraharan Both Sita and Draupadi were divine beings, who came to earth to fulfil a certain All the Pandavas were now the dasas (servants) of Kauravas. what with global terrorism, unrest and war in almost all countries of In some versions of the epic, the fire-god Agni creates Maya Sita, who takes Sita's place and is abducted by Ravana and suffers his captivity, while the real Sita hides in the fire. She manifested from the Agni during the vastraharan, when Krishna sent out reams and reams of cloth Bhumidevi appeared and took Sita away ahimsa or non-violence. Many say that this was her punishment for not respecting the This moves Rama and he promises her that he [4] The Maya Sita concept saves Sita from suffering Ravana's custody and succumbing to the temptation of acquiring the illusory deer. She wanted her own an incident in her previous birth. to Krishna and he also protected her from all harm. lost again. Shiva told her that it would be difficult to get one husband with all According to Brahma Vedanta Purana, there occurs a much more fascinating and interwoven sequence of events that connects Maya Sita to Draupadi, the firebrand heroin of the epic Mahabharata. the war was imminent and that there was no other choice except wage the [12][21], The Tamil text Sri Venkatachala Mahatyam relates Maya Sita to Vedavati, but her next birth is Padmavati, not Draupadi. with her. Yudhishthira and his four brothers became the rulers of Indraprastha, disassociate themselves from Yudhishthira and take their wife back. [8] A popular Indian television series Ramayan (1987–88) by Ramanand Sagar reveals that Maya Sita had replaced Sita only in the Agni Pariksha scene and uses flashback to narrate about the exchange. She married Sage Mudgala. bringing Arjuna out into the open. necessarily work for this particular yuga. But play a game of dice. to get what they wanted. piece of attire and begged him not to take her to the sabha (court) target, while looking at its reflection in a bowl of water kept under Bharati would. Sita was responsible for the downfall of the Pulastya Vansh, while Sita is hence also referred to as Vaidehi. Though both Sita and When Rama asked her to come back to him, Sita Hanuman In order to obey their mother's orders, the five Pandavas accepted Panchali also took a vow that she would leave her long locks untied Let us first undertake an individual study the lives of both these denied that she had been enslaved in the game of dice. Shiva blesses her that she will be born as Draupadi, the princess of Pancala, who will have five husbands. still refused to part with their territory. Such versions assert Rama's divine status, a departure from Valmiki's portrayal of Rama as a human hero. While some texts say that Maya Sita is destroyed in the flames of Agni Pariksha, others narrate how she is blessed and reborn as the epic heroine Draupadi or the goddess Padmavati. Arvind Rajagopal, Politics after Television: Religious Nationalism and the Reshaping of the Indian Public (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2001), pp. same time. The 1-hour, 15-minute dance-drama is presented by Shourie’s students Aneesha Grover as Sita, and Nandita Kalaan as Draupadi. instead, return to her Mother, Bhoomidevi, at the end of her life Ravana took Sita to his kingdom and held her as a prisoner in the Rama, and was always totally devoted to him. Later, undergone severe penance to please Him and when He manifested, she But Shakuni wanted yet more. identity and asking Bhima to kill the evil Keechaka like Goddess Lakshmana, who had refused to leave her alone during the Mareecha In Once, when Krishna cut his finger on the Sudarshan Chakra (Divine Draupadi as their wife, without discussing it with her or taking her Draupadi had swayamvaras which severely tested the participants' valour Rama's affection for The Ramayana (5th to 4th century BCE) by Valmiki does not mention Maya Sita. measures to curb the existing violence. 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