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Lord Caitanya's Travels to the Holy Places
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TRANSLATION
“To say nothing of touching mother Sītā, a person with material senses cannot even see her. When Rāvaṇa kidnapped her, he kidnapped only her material illusory form.
TEXT 193
রাবণ অসিতেই সীতা অন্তর্ধান কৈল । রাবণের আগে মায়া-সীতা পাঠাইল ॥ ১৯৩ ॥
rāvaṇa āsitei sītā antardhāna kaila rāvaṇera āge māyā-sītā pāṭhāila
SYNONYMS
rāvaṇa —the demon Rāvaṇa;  āsitei —as soon as he arrived;  sītā —mother Sītā;  antardhāna kaila —disappeared;  rāvaṇera āge —before the demon Rāvaṇa;  māyā-sītā —illusory material form of Sītā;  pāṭhāila —sent.
TRANSLATION
“As soon as Rāvaṇa arrived before Sītā, she disappeared. It was just to cheat Rāvaṇa that she sent an illusory material form.
TEXT 194
অপ্রাকৃত বস্তু নহে প্রাকৃত-গোচর । বেদ-পুরাণেতে এই কহে নিরন্তর ॥ ১৯৪ ॥
aprākṛta vastu nahe prākṛta-gocara veda-purāṇete ei kahe nirantara
SYNONYMS
aprākṛta —spiritual;  vastu —substance;  nahe —not;  prākṛta —of matter;  gocara —within the jurisdiction;  veda-purāṇete —the Vedas and the Purāṇas;  ei —this;  kahe —say;  nirantara —always.
TRANSLATION
“Spiritual substance is never within the jurisdiction of the material conception. This is always the verdict of the Vedas and Purāṇas.”
PURPORT
As stated in  Kaṭha Upaniṣad  (2.3.9,12):