Rama, the ancient idol of the heroic ages, the embodiment of truth, of morality, the ideal son, the ideal husband, the ideal father, and above all, the ideal king, this Rama has been presented before us by the great sage Valmiki....And what to speak of Sita ? You may exhaust the literature of the world that is past, and I may assure you that you will have the exhaust the literature of the world of the future, before finding another Sita. Sita is unique ; that character was depicted once and for all. There may have been several Ramas, perhaps, but never more than one Sita ! She is the very type of the true Indian woman, for all the Indian ideals of a perfect woman have grown out of that ond life of Sita.
Rama was the soul of the old king ; but he was a king, and he could not go back on his word.
Sita was chastity itself ; she would never touch the body of another man except that of her husband.
'Pure ? She is chastity itself ', says Rama....
Rama gave up his body and joined Sita in the other world.
Sita-the pure, the pure , the all-suffering !
Sita is the name in India for everything that is good pure, and holy; everything that in woman we call woman. Sita-the patient, all-suffering, ever-faithful, ever-pure wife! Through all the suffering she had, there was not one harsh word against Rama. Sita never returned injury.'Be Sita !'
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