Sri Rama faints

On finding it difficult to attack Indrajit, who was discharging arrows by remaining invisible, Sri Rama said to Lakshmana that they should start employing some divine missiles to hit Indrajit.

 Grasping the mindset of Sri Rama, Indrajit returned to Lanka and placing an illusory image of Seetha on his chariot, with an intention to confuse all, by playing a trick to kill Seetha's illusory image, Indrajit sallied forth towards the direction of the Vanaras.

Sri Hanuma saw Seetha, the wife of Sri Rama in the chariot of Indrajit.  On seeing her for a moment, Sri Hanuma ascertained her as Seetha and became dejected and rushed alongwith other vanaras towards Indrajit.

Beholding that army of Vanaras, Indrajit was excited with anger, pulled Seetha by the hair on her head and unsheathed his sword.

While those Vanaras were seeing, Indrajit killed that illusory Seetha, with his sharp-edged sword. Split asunder by him diagonally, that miserable lady fell down on the ground.

After killing that woman, Indrajit told Sri Hanuma as follows:

 "See, I killed Rama's wife with my weapon. This Seetha is dead and all your labour is in vain."

After killing her with a large sword personally, that Indrajit then sitting on his chariot, pleasure fully roared loudly. Seeing him exceedingly pleased, the Vanaras looked dejected and suddenly ran away. Sri Hanuma told the vanara army to retreat as there was no reason to continue the fight, since Seeta was killed.  

Seeing Sri Hanuma withdrawing to the place where Sri Rama was, Indrajit went to a sanctuary called Nikumbhila, seeking to pour oblations into the sacred fire.  The demons stood firm in big piles encircling the Indrajit.

Sri Hanuma, with sorrow, elaborated what transpired in the battle with Indrajit to Sri Rama. Hearing those words of Sri Hanuma, Sri Rama then was agitated with grief and fell down unconscious on the ground. Lakshmana started consoling his brother.

While Lakshmana was consoling Sri Rama, Vibhishana arrived there and enquired the cause of grief.  Lakshmana explained that Seetha was killed by Indrajit.

If Sri Rama already had a doubt of Seeta’s conjugal fidelity or if he  already decided to disown Seeta after killing of Ravana, he would have felt relieved with the news of death of Seeta.  Instead, his immediate reaction to the news of Indrajit chopping off the head of illusionary Seeta was to faint away. 

A man, whose wife was abducted and who was looking forward anxiously for a reunion with his dear wife, can  only faints away.

Hence, in my view, the episode of Sri Rama’s DISOWNING (Parityaaga) of Seeta and consequent jumping into fire by Seeta were PRAKSHIPTA.