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M B Lord Vishnu Part2

Vedavati, cursed Ravana for trying to tempt her, and was rescued by Agni, who later tricked Ravana into taking her instead of Sita. After Ravana's defeat, Vedavati entered the fire, and Sita revealed her sacrifice to Rama, who promised to marry Vedavati in her next life as Padmavati. In her next birth, Padmavati and Srinivasa were destined to be together, leading to Vakuladevi arranging their marriage.

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M B Lord Vishnu Part2

Vedavati, cursed Ravana for trying to tempt her, and was rescued by Agni, who later tricked Ravana into taking her instead of Sita. After Ravana's defeat, Vedavati entered the fire, and Sita revealed her sacrifice to Rama, who promised to marry Vedavati in her next life as Padmavati. In her next birth, Padmavati and Srinivasa were destined to be together, leading to Vakuladevi arranging their marriage.

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In olden times, Lakshmi, in the form of Vedavati, was staying in an ashram in the

forests. At that time, Ravana, the lord of Lanka tried to tempt her. In anger,
Vedavati cursed him saying that she would bring about his death. To show how
true her words were, Vedavati walked into the fire, but Agni, the Fire God rescued
her. He took Vedavati to his house and entrusted her to his wife’s care. When
Ravana was about to carry away Sita from Panchavati, in the absence of Rama
and Lakshmana, Agni appeared and offered Vedavati to Ravana as the real Sita
who was kept with him by Rama to evade Ravana. Ravana was tricked into
thinking that Vedavati was the real Sita.

Ravana took Vedavati to Lanka thinking she was the real Sita, while Agni took
Sita to his house and asked his wife Swahadevi to look after her. After the
destruction of Ravana, Vedavati entered the fire when rejected by Rama. Then,
Agni, offered the real Sita to Rama. Rama then questioned her as to who the other
lady by her side was, Sita informed Rama that the lady was Vedavati who endured
Ravana’s torture for ten months in Lanka for her sake. Sita requested Rama to
accept Vedavati also as his spouse. But Rama declined her request saying that he
believed in having only one wife during his life time. However, He promised to
wed her in her next birth as Padmavati, born as the daughter of Akasa Raja, when
Rama himself would take the form of Srinivasa.

One day, Lord Srinivasa, who was hunting, chased a wild elephant in the forests
surrounding the hills. In the elephant’s pursuit, the Lord was led into a garden,
where Princess Padmavati and her maids were picking flowers. The sight of the
elephant frightened the Princess and her maids. But the elephant immediately
turned around, saluted the Lord and disappeared into the forest. Lord Srinivasa,
who was following on horseback, and saw the frightened maidens. However, He
was repulsed with stones thrown at Him by the maids. He returned to the hills in
haste, leaving His horse behind. Vakuladevi found him lying on his bed, not
interested in anything. The Lord informed her that unless he married Princess
Padmavati. The Lord then narrated the story of her (Padmavati’s) previous birth
and his promise to wed her. After listening to Srinivasa’s story of how he had
promised to marry Vedavati in her next birth as Padmavati, Vakuladevi realised
that Srinivasa would not be happy unless he married Padmavati. She offered to
go to Akasa Raja and his Queen and arrange for the marriage. On the way she
met the maid-servants of Padmavati returning from a Shiva Temple. She learnt
from them that Padmavati was also pining for Srinivasa. Vakuladevi went along
with the maid servants to the Queen

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