CC Madhya 9.211-212 (1975)
TEXTS 211-212
- sītayārādhito vahniś
- chāyā-sītām ajījanat
- tāṁ jahāra daśa-grīvaḥ
- sītā vahni-puraṁ gatā
- parīkṣā-samaye vahniṁ
- chāyā-sītā viveśa sā
- vahniḥ sītāṁ samānīya
- tat-purastād anīnayat
SYNONYMS
sītayā—by mother Sītā; ārādhitaḥ—being called for; vahniḥ—the fire-god; chāyā-sītām—the illusory form of mother Sītā; ajījanat—created; tām—her; jahāra—kidnapped; daśa-grīvaḥ—the ten-faced Rāvaṇa; sītā—mother Sītā; vahni-puram—to the abode of the fire-god; gatā—departed; parīkṣā-samaye—at the time of testing; vahnim—the fire; chāyā-sītā—the illusory form of Sītā; viveśa—entered; sā—she; vahniḥ—the fire-god; sītām—the original mother Sītā; samānīya—bringing back; tat-purastāt—in His presence; anīnayat—brought back.
TRANSLATION
“When he was petitioned by mother Sītā, the fire-god, Agni, brought forth an illusory form of Sītā, and Rāvaṇa, who had ten heads, kidnapped the false Sītā. The original Sītā then went to the abode of the fire-god. When Lord Rāmacandra tested the body of Sītā, it was the false, illusory Sītā that entered the fire. At that time the fire-god brought the original Sītā from his abode and delivered her to Lord Rāmacandra.”
PURPORT
Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.
These two verses are taken from the Kūrma Purāṇa.