17 Sep 2021

What is the background of Satii Sahagamanam, which is banned today?

[A question by Ms Laxmi Thrylokya]

Swami Replied:- Satii Sahagamanam originally means something and later on it is modified into some other way through misinterpretation. Originally it meant spontaneous death of the wife as soon as the death of the husband takes place, which was the proof of real love. Later on, this ended as a misinterpreted and misunderstood act of ending the life of the wife by force so that the wife jumps into the funeral fire of the dead body of her husband. Padmaavatii, the wife of poet Jayadeva died immediately on hearing the false news of the death of her husband, who became alive by the grace of Krishna since Jayadeva sang praising the pure love of Raadhaa and Krishna, which is called the “GiitaGovindam”.

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