so long as she continued to remain in that body

Jai Sri Ganesha,
Then Sankara bowed His head at the lotus feet of Lord Rama,

As soon as He invoked Sri Rama the idea came to his mind,

That He should have no connection with Sati so long as she continued to remain in that body,

Shiva resolved accordingly and heaving so resolved the stable minded Lord Sankara proceeded towards His Home,

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so chaste

Jai sri Ram
Sati is so chaste to be abandoned,

It is great sin to love her any more as wife,

The great Lord Shiva uttered not a single word aloud,

Although there was great agony in his heart,

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the cult of devotion

Jai Sri Ram,
What has been preordained by the will of Sri Hari must have its way,

The all wise Sambhu thought within Himself,

Sati has assumed the disguise of Sita, this made Shiva much disconsolate at Heart,

If I continue to love Sati as heretofore, the cult of devotion will disappear and it will be indecorous on my part to do so,

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prompted Sati to tell a lie

Jai Sri Ram
I made no test my Lord, I made obeisance just like you,

What you said cannot be untrue, I am fully convinced in my heart,

Lord Shiva then looked within by fully contemplation and came to know all that Sati had done,

Again, he bowed his head to the delusive power of sri Rama, that had prompted Sati to tell a lie,

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concealed that truth

Jai Sri Ram
When she came near,

Lord Shiva smilingly inquired if all was well with her and then said,

Tell me now the whole truth, how did you test Sri Rama,

Heaving realized the greatness of Sri Rama, Sati in her awe concealed that truth From Shiva,

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gazed once more

Jai sri Ram
When she opened Her eyes and gazed once more,

The daughter of Daksha saw nothing there,

Repeatedly bowing Her Head at the feet of Sri Rama,

She proceeded to the spot where the Lord of Kailash was,

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The appearance of sri Rama

Jai Sri Ram
The appearance of sri Rama was the same in every case,

Although she saw many Rama with as many Sitas, their garb did not vary,

Seeing the same Rama, the same Laxmana and the same Sita, Sati was struck with great awe,

Heart quivered and she lost all consciousness of her body, closing her eyes sat down on the wayside,

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peerless in beauty

Jai sri Ram
She also beheld a whole host of gods bowing at the Lord's feet and waiting upon Him in their different garbs,

She further perceived innumerable Satis that consorts of Shiva, consorts of Brahma and consorts of Vishnu,

All peerless in beauty, they confirmed in their appearance to the garb in which Brahma and the other gods appeared,

Each separate vision of Rama was attested by a whole host of gods with their feminine counterparts,

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