Indian Spiritual Science

On having the vision of the divine couple,  Manu and Shatarupa also feasted their eyes endearingly on Srimati Sitadevi's countenance. Understanding the heart of His dear devotees, the Lord continued, "The one who stands by my side is my better half, Adishakti, the Mother of the universe. She is the creative force who has given rise to this phenomenal world. When I appear as your son, even Srimati Sita will incarnate." Saying so, the kind Lord and the Universal mother disappeared. We, as devotees of the Supreme Lord, commit ourselves to the knowledge of mother Sita, whose description as the mother of the universe at the time of His appearance as the Lord of Manu and Shatarupa was quite different as compared to the mother's appearance as the daughter of King Janaka. Although the Lord introduced Srimati Sitadevi as "Maya" or His creative force, He knew the heart of his devotees, Manu and Shatarupa, who also wanted the presence of the Mother in their lives...

There is a description in the Puranas that Maharaja Manu (The first son of Lord Brahma created for the proliferation of the world) was the ruler of the universe during the period of infancy of the world. In spite of ruling the world with the utmost feeling of surrender and dedication, he still bred a feeling in his heart that he has not yet achieved the goal of life for which he was sent to this world of mortals. This thought continued to gnaw him. He started thus nurturing a deep yearning for a "darshan" (Divine Vision) of the Supreme Lord. In all his endeavors his better half Devi Shatarupa was a constant factor of his association. With the desire of having a darshan of the Lord, Maharaja Manu along with his loyal wife departed to the forest of Naimisharanya at the sunset of his life having handed over the affairs of his kingdom to his son Uttanapada. The couple regularly bathed in the holy river Gomati and took the association of the saints in the forest and heard...

Normally in the world, a female if first qualified as someone's daughter, then progressively identified as someone's wife and then gets promoted as someone's mother. In an earlier stanza in the Manas (Ramcharitamanas), Goswami Tulsidas follows this pattern while qualifying Mother Parvati. Jæ Jæ girbaå räj kisoré Jæ maheñ mukù chand chakori Jæ gajbadaì çaòäëaë mätä (Mänas: Bälakänòa Verse:234-235) "You are the Mountain Himalayas' daughter. You are the moon-brilliance (wife) of Lord Shankar's resplendent face and You are the mother of the divine siblings Lord Kartikeya and Lord Ganapathy. However, when Goswamiji went on to describe Srimati Sitadevi, he did not observe this decorum of description. We come to gather that Goswamiji deliberately broke the decorum to drive home a highly insightful thought. While surrendering to the feet of Kishoriji (Seeta Devi) (Srimati Sitadevi), Goswami Tulsidas says "Jäsu krupäì nirmal mati pävauì|...