In that beautiful grove in Lanka where Sita was held captive the dreaded rakshasa forces of Ravana spewed evil and venom as they tried to threaten her into submission. Milling around her dainty form they demanded "What makes you refuse living in the palace, a luxury that none would deny? Because you are mortal you consider that being the wife of another mortal Rama to be the ultimate. Forget Rama. Never again will you be with him or be his wife. Being a woman you still crave Rama who has neither kingdom nor the means to satisfy any wish of his!" The jarring pitiless banter went on and Sita said, "You utter such unpardonable words, so against the norms of the world, do you not think it a transgression to do so? Rama may be a homeless wanderer but he is my lord and my very life." From his shelter in the boughs, Hanuman watched the torment of Sita and the mounting fury of the fiends. Licking their ugly pendulous lips and brandishing their axes, the raucous lot declared Sita to be unfit as Ravana's wife. The rakshasa woman Vinata, her eyes flashing with anger said, "As a human and a woman, you have displayed your love for Rama, your profound purity and chastity. I am pleased. But any thing practised with such rigid intensity is harmful. It only leads to grief and not joy. For your welfare I counsel you to be Ravana's queen?Give up Rama, who because of his enmity with Ravana, has not long to live. None can cross the seas over which you were brought, none can enter the unassailable palace of Ravana and none can escape our guard, youth is transient, Sita, accept Ravana and revel with him before that youth deserts you. Seven thousand apasara like women will serve you and the king of all the rakshasas will be your lord. Heed me Sita or be devoured." Soon as Vinata pronounced her final threat, another like her, Chandodari spoke of more impending terror if Sita chose to remain stubborn. She said "ever since I saw this woman from across the seas who looks like a startled deer, I have had a great urge to devour her flesh and feast on her heart." Another demon Praghasa, unleashed her displeasure saying, "let us kill this woman and tell Ravana that the mortal woman Sita is dead and he will surely say, "Devour her." Ajamukhi, part of the grisly tribe advised that Sita's body be divided into equal parts so that there would be no cause for squabbles!" Surpanakha then asked for wine to be brought, to go with the food upon which they were soon going to feast! Sita the exquisitely beautiful consort of Rama robbed of all courage wept.
Summary
In that beautiful grove in Lanka where Sita was held captive the dreaded rakshasa forces of Ravana spewed evil and venom as they tried to threaten her into submission. Milling around her dainty form they demanded "What makes you refuse living in the palace, a luxury that none would deny? Because you are mortal you consider that being the wife of another mortal Rama to be the ultimate. Forget Rama. Never again will you be with him or be his wife. Being a woman you still crave Rama who has neither kingdom nor the means to satisfy any wish of his!" The jarring pitiless banter went on and Sita said, "You utter such unpardonable words, so against the norms of the world, do you not think it a transgression to do so? Rama may be a homeless wanderer but he is my lord and my very life." From his shelter in the boughs, Hanuman watched the torment of Sita and the mounting fury of the fiends. Licking their ugly pendulous lips and brandishing their axes, the raucous lot declared Sita to be unfit as Ravana's wife. The rakshasa woman Vinata, her eyes flashing with anger said, "As a human and a woman, you have displayed your love for Rama, your profound purity and chastity. I am pleased. But any thing practised with such rigid intensity is harmful. It only leads to grief and not joy. For your welfare I counsel you to be Ravana's queen?Give up Rama, who because of his enmity with Ravana, has not long to live. None can cross the seas over which you were brought, none can enter the unassailable palace of Ravana and none can escape our guard, youth is transient, Sita, accept Ravana and revel with him before that youth deserts you. Seven thousand apasara like women will serve you and the king of all the rakshasas will be your lord. Heed me Sita or be devoured." Soon as Vinata pronounced her final threat, another like her, Chandodari spoke of more impending terror if Sita chose to remain stubborn. She said "ever since I saw this woman from across the seas who looks like a startled deer, I have had a great urge to devour her flesh and feast on her heart." Another demon Praghasa, unleashed her displeasure saying, "let us kill this woman and tell Ravana that the mortal woman Sita is dead and he will surely say, "Devour her." Ajamukhi, part of the grisly tribe advised that Sita's body be divided into equal parts so that there would be no cause for squabbles!" Surpanakha then asked for wine to be brought, to go with the food upon which they were soon going to feast! Sita the exquisitely beautiful consort of Rama robbed of all courage wept.