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surrendered to him voluntarily.Maya Sita did not
waver. She remained staunch in her faithfulness to
Lord Rama and categorically refused all of Ravana’s
overtures. Finally, Ravana threatened to kill her and
eat her flesh.

Maya Sita’s unflinching faith and
perseverance

Maya Sita in her mood of Mother Sita maintained
her unfaltering faithfulness to her husband, Lord
Rama. She rejected all of Ravana’s alluring promises
of material pleasures. The Bhagavad-gita teaches,
“All acts of sacrifice, charity and penance should be
performed without attachment or any expectation
of result. They should be performed as a matter
of duty, Arjuna. That is My final opinion.” (Bg 18.6)
In the purport to this verse, Bhaktivedanta Swami
writes, “Although all sacrifices are purifying, one
should not expect any result by such performances.
In other words, all sacrifices which are meant for
material advancement in life should be given up,
but sacrifices that purify one’s existence and elevate
one to the spiritual plane should not be stopped.
Everything that leads to Krishna consciousness must
be encouraged. In the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam also it
is said that any activity which leads to devotional

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