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CC Madhya 9.204

Bengali

সীতা লঞা রাখিলেন পার্বতীর স্থানে ।
‘মায়াসীতা’ দিয়া অগ্নি বঞ্চিলা রাবণে ॥ ২০৪ ॥

Text

sītā lañā rākhilena pārvatīra sthāne
‘māyā-sītā’ diyā agni vañcilā rāvaṇe

Synonyms

sītā lañā — taking away mother Sītā; rākhilena — kept; pārvatīra sthāne — with mother Pārvatī, or goddess Durgā; māyā-sītā — the false, illusory form of Sītā; diyā — delivering; agni — fire-god; vañcilā — cheated; rāvaṇe — the demon Rāvaṇa.

Translation

The fire-god, Agni, took away the real Sītā and brought her to the place of Pārvatī, goddess Durgā. An illusory form of mother Sītā was then delivered to Rāvaṇa, and in this way Rāvaṇa was cheated.