ahalya and seeta

ABOUT AHALYA AND SEETA Ahalya draupadi seeta taara mandodari tatha, pancha kanyaam smarennityam maha paataka vinaasanam The above sloka is being recited by us. The prime meaning is that these five are maha pativratas and remembering them will ward off our sins abruptly. Without understanding the same, it is being stated that ahalya and seeta were spoiled of their chastity and are being punished. One thing we have to understand that ahalya and seeta are ayonijas i.e. they were not born in womb and they have their paativratya power and they can make the paramatma also into any form with their power. This is being proved in the case of anasuya where she make the trio bramha, Vishnu and maheswara into kinds. We have to understand the epic with care and the background for the situation. As gowthama maharshi is growing powerful with his bramhacharya, indra feared about his seat and wanted to create problems so that his power can be reduced. So, with the help of soma the karaka of manas, he came to the gowtama ashrama and made sound like a cock as if the bramha muhurtha is approaching. Gowthama, having thought that the time is up woke up went to nearby river to perform his snana and do other rites. When he reaches the river, he smells something wrong since much time is ahead for bramhamurtha, he returned back to the ashrama. In the meantime, indra entered the hermitage under the gowthama vesha and approaches the ahalya to seduce her. As ahalya is a pativrata, and fully knows that the sage will never approaches her for sex during the bramha muhurta time, she threatens indra. In this stage gowthama re enters the ashrama and indra wanted to escape and gowtama curses indra and ahalya also she should not have samsaya i.e. doubt. This is clearly mentioned in the Ramayana balakanda 49th sarga. Same is the case of Seeta also, the washerman in his fist of anger accuses his wife that he is not Sri rama to bring back her wife eventhough she was caputured and kept for 10 months in another man’s place. As sri rama does not want any samsaya in the minds of his public, he orders seeta to be left to forests by lakshmana. We are in India, and our sruti says, women should be worshipped and not to subject her for discussion at any stage. I request everyone to understand the epics properly and understand the upanyasams of Sri chaganti gaaru and others and please do not drag their names into public for your ugly references.