TEXT 117
tahani karila kurma-purana sravana
maya-sita nileka ravana, tahate likhana
SYNONYMS
tahanithere; kariladid; kurma-puranaof the Kurma Purana; sravanahearing; maya-sitaa false Sita; nilekakidnapped; ravanaby Ravana; tahatein that book; likhanait is stated.
TRANSLATION
At Ramesvara, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu had a chance to read the Kurma Purana, in which He discovered that the form of Sita kidnapped by Ravana was not that of the real Sita but a mere shadow representation.
PURPORT
The Kurma Purana states that this shadowy Sita was placed into a fire as a test of chastity. It was Maya-sita who entered the fire and the real Sita who came out of the fire.

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