Once there lived a son of Brihaspathi, Brahmarshi Kusadhvaja. He was the guru of Devas and had spent his life reading the Vedas. He had a daughter named Veddavathi, who was very bright and charming. Her father wished to give her in marriage to Lord Vishnu. A daitya king sambhu killed her parents for rejecting his marriage proposal. Yet Vedavathi continued her great penance towards Lord Vishnu.
Ravana, the Asura King, found Vedavathi meditating and got attracted to her and asked her to marry him. However she rejected the proposal. Ravana got irritated and spoiled her penance by touching her hair. Vedavathi jumped into for SMH sacrificed her life. She was careful not to curse Ravana as it will cause her penance to go wasted. Still before jumping into fire, she told that it would be because of her rebirth that Ravana would die.
Ravana who got a little scared, didn't even want to leave the ashes behind. He took it along with him to Lanka. The asked in the box showed up as different forms to everyone. So, Mandodari, wife of Ravana, threw the box in deep seas. The box thus thrown travels in seas and landed in a place Mithila.
Long time later, even Janaka, the king of Videha, ploughed the land to prepare for Yagna, he got the box, which had a beautiful child in it. The child was named Seetha. As we all know, she grew up and became the reason for the fall of Ravana.
We learn from this, unspoken words have much more power than the words that are spoken.
Jai Sitaram!!
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