Ramayana which is considered as the greatest epic of Hinduism and whose story gives rise to many new questions. One of the questions that remains the subject of most discussion is that “Why did Ravana kidnap Mother Sita”? There is no one definite answer to this question. Many experts have given their opinion on this. Apart from the Ramayana of Tulsidas to Maharishi Valmiki, some stories are also related to their past. Everyone revealed its secret according to their own beliefs. Some told it as predestined and some shared their opinion after reading Ramayana. Let us know through some special popular stories that why did Ravana kidnap Mata Sita?
As Per Ramayan "why ravana kidnapped sita"
According to Valmiki Ramayana, when Surpanakha got her nose and ears cut off by Lord Rama and Lakshmana as a punishment, she reached Ravana’s court to take revenge. After reaching there, She told Ravana about the behavior that happened to her, along with this he narrated a false incident. She told that when she was traveling in Panchavati, her eyes fell on Mother Sita. Mother Sita’s form was like a gem among women. He told Ravana that when he saw the form of Mother Sita, he thought that why not gift it to Ravana so that Ravana’s fame would increase. When Soorpanakha thought of doing so, Lord Rama and Lakshmana cut off her nose and ears. Surpanakha, by telling a fabricated story, created attraction in Ravana’s mind towards Mother Sita.
Ravana believed Surpanakha’s fabricated story to be true and decided to punish Lord Rama and Lakshmana for it. He asked his ministers for ideas for this. That’s why Surpanakha advised Ravana to kidnap Mother Sita. Although Ravana’s younger brother Vibhishana opposed it in that assembly. But Ravana’s mind had developed an attraction towards Mother Sita. He accepted the offer of kidnapping Mother Sita to punish Lord Rama and Lakshmana.
After this, Ravana goes to Panchvati to kidnap Mother Sita by deceit and he also takes the help of his maternal uncle Marich for help in this work. Maricha disguises himself as a golden deer and wanders around Panchavati. When mother Sita sees the golden deer, she requests Lord Rama to bring it, after which Lord Rama goes to the forest to bring the deer. Is. When Lord Rama suspects that it is an elusive demon in the guise of a deer, he shoots an arrow at it. Seeing the arrow coming towards him, Marich, coming out of the form of a deer, turns into a demon and while crying in the voice of Lord Rama says – O Sita, O Laxman, now I have killed. After which, on the request of Mother Sita, Lakshmana goes to the forest to help Lord Rama. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ravana disguised as a beggar begs mother Sita for alms and forces her to come out of her hut. When Mother Sita comes out of her cottage crossing the Lakshman Rekha, Ravana abducts her. Most of the people who read Ramayana have this concept in their mind when the question arises that “why did Ravana kidnap Sita?”
Other Story "why ravan kidnapped mata sita"
Apart from this, there are many stories which people have told on the basis of their opinion and experience after reading Ramayana. One such story comes in this way and this story is related to the previous birth. It has also been shown through this story that why did Ravana kidnap Mother Sita? The story goes like this that the two gatekeepers of Lord Vishnu, Jai and Vijay, once stopped the Sankadik sages from going to Vaikunth Lok to have a darshan of Lord Vishnu. Due to which Sankadik Rishi became very angry and he cursed Jay and Vijay to be born in the land of death. After which he took birth in the land of death thrice as an Asura. Jai and Vijay took birth as Ravana in their second birth and he abducted mother Sita, the wife of Lord Rama to get death as a punishment and to get freedom from this life. In this way, this is also an argument which explains why Ravana kidnapped Sita?