Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Madhya 9.211-212

sītayārādhito vahniś

chāyā-sītām ajījanat

tām jahāra daśa-grīvah

sītā vahni-puram gatā

parīkshā-samaye vahnim

chāyā-sītā viveśa sā

vahnih sītām samānīya

tat-purastād anīnayat

SYNONYMS

sītayā — by mother Sītā; ārādhitah — being called for; vahnih — the fire-god; chāyā-sītām — the illusory form of mother Sītā; ajījanat — created; tām — her; jahāra — kidnapped; daśa-grīvah — the ten-faced Rāvana; sītā — mother Sītā; vahni-puram — to the abode of the fire-god; gatā — departed; parīkshā-samaye — at the time of testing; vahnim — the fire; chāyā-sītā — the illusory form of Sītā; viveśa — entered; sā — she; vahnih — the fire-god; sītām — the original mother Sītā; samānīya — bringing back; tat-purastāt — in His presence; anīnayat — brought back.

TRANSLATION

"When he was petitioned by mother Sītā, the fire-god, Agni, brought forth an illusory form of Sītā, and Rāvana, who had ten heads, kidnapped the false Sītā. The original Sītā then went to the abode of the fire-god. When Lord Rāmacandra tested the body of Sītā, it was the false, illusory Sītā that entered the fire. At that time the fire-god brought the original Sītā from his abode and delivered her to Lord Rāmacandra."

PURPORT

These two verses are taken from the Kūrma Purāna.

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