Sita Swayamvar

Sixth in the line of king Nimi, Devrat was given the divine bow of Shivaji for safekeeping. The bow was kept in the palace of Mithila with honor and was worshiped by the Janak clan.

Once during the reign of Janak Seeradhwaj, the Kingdom of Videh suffered a bad drought. On his kulguru rishi Shatananda’s suggestion King Janak along with his wife Sunayana ploughed the fields of Mithila. Suddenly the plough hit something inside the ground and could not move. Upon digging they discovered a little girl inside a gold box. The king adopted this little girl and named her Sita.

The bow which would normally take five thousand people to move, was once lifted by devi Sita without any assistance.

This prompted Rajarshi Janak to decide that he would marry Sita to the one who can string the divine bow of Shiva. He organized the swayamvar with this condition, however every potential suitor attending the swayamvar failed to fulfil the condition.

All the Kings and Princes could not digest this humiliation and decided to attack Mithila with their joint army.

King Janak requested Devraj Indra to help, who then sent his army to fight alongside Janak and defeat all the invaders.

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