rāvaṇa dekhiyā sītā laila agnira śaraṇa
rāvaṇa haite agni kaila sītāke āvaraṇa

 rāvaṇa dekhiyā - after seeing Rāvaṇa; sītā - mother Sītā; laila - took; agnira - of fire; śaraṇa - shelter; rāvaṇa - Rāvaṇa; haite - from; agni - fire; kaila - did; sītāke - unto mother Sītā; āvaraṇa - covering.


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When Rāvaṇa came to kidnap mother Sītā and she saw him, she took shelter of the fire-god, Agni. The fire-god covered the body of mother Sītā, and in this way she was protected from the hands of Rāvaṇa.

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