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In the Vedas, the Mahalakshmi is referred to as Riddhi, representing a state of absolute prosperity and perfection. Her Swaroopa, her Guna, and even the beauty of her divine form are without the slightest flaw. In fact, in certain aspects of grace and beauty, she is considered a step above the Bhagavan himself. When nine months of the ten-month separation had passed, Hanumanji reached the Ashoka Vana. He hid atop the Simshupa tree and witnessed a chilling encounter. Ravana, upon waking at dawn, approached Sita Devi with a final threat. ​He told her, nine months have already passed. I give you exactly two more months to submit to my desires. If you do not, I have many cooks in my palace; on the first day of the third month, you will be prepared as my morning breakfast. Sita Devi, however, could not bear even that timeframe. While Ravana gave her two months, she spoke to Hanumanji with a different heart. Her words were: "Urdhvam masatu jivisye" meaning, "I shall live only for one more month". ​She declared that her limit of separation from Rama was only one month more. If he did not arrive by then, she would give up her Prana. ​When Hanumanji returned to Sri Rama and conveyed this message that Sita Devi had set a one-month limit on her life; Rama did not react with mere sadness. Instead, he smiled with a sense of wonder and profound longing. ​He asked Hanuman, "Did she really say she could survive for a whole month without me? As for me, 'Jiveyam ksanamapi vinatam asitesanam'. I do not know if I can survive even for a single Kshana without that dark-eyed one. ​If Sita Devi could endure nine months and survive for one more, it suggests her strength of penance is immense. But because Sri Rama declares he cannot survive even a single Kshana without her, it proves that his prema towards Sita is of such supreme value that existence itself is impossible without her. In this way, through the measurement of their suffering in separation, we understand that the Ma Sita is indeed superior. While she is the heart of Shri Rama, he is the life that cannot beat for a second without that heart. It is this very bond that makes the finality of the Uttara Kanda so devastating. Shri Rama, who could not live for a Kshana without her in the forest, was forced by Rajadharma to live years without her presence, holding only her golden image and her memory in his heart. It is like stabbing his heart by his own people, but Shri Rama couldn't do anything, even though the Trilokas would tremble at just his gaze and, as per astrology, Shri Rama has the most perfect of all planetary positions. The man who could destroy the world with a single Asthra to save Ma Sita, finds himself completely paralysed and unable to use that power against a whisper in the streets of Ayodhya. He is a conqueror of worlds who becomes a prisoner of his own crown. To his worse, he had to live 'Dashavarsha sahasrani'. For 10000 years, and had to perform Paundarika, Ashwameda, Vajapeyam, Agnistoma yagas etc. As a Yagya is incomplete without a dharma patni, and as he has taken eka patni vratam despite being a kshtriya; refused to marry anyone else, he had a Hiranyamayi Sita crafted. ​Every Kshana he spent as a King, he was staring at a statue of the woman he couldn't live without. His life became a perpetual state of Vipralambha Sringara that is longing love in separation. Earlier : The beauty of the Suryavansha was that it produced a man who would go to the ends of the earth for his wife. Later : The merit of the lineage is redefined as the King who would sacrifice his own atman (Sita) to ensure that not a single shadow of doubt remained in his kingdom Excellent video on technical detailing of these yaga by @aggibarata and @AtharvaForum.