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Šššš  Calitanya=caritāmrta
[[Madhya-lilā Ch.9]
PLURPORT
Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Țhākura remarks that in the  Kūrma Purāṇa  there are only two  khaṇḍas , namely the  Pūrva-khaṇḍa  and  Uttara-khaṇḍa . Sometimes it is said that the  Kūrma Purāṇa  contains six thousand verses, but originally the  Kūrma Purāṇa  contains seventeen thousand verses. According to  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , there are seventeen thousand verses in the  Kūrma Purāṇa , which is one of the eighteen  Mahā-purāṇas . The  Kūrma Purāṇa  is considered the fifteenth of these  Mahā-purāṇas .
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পতিত্রিত্তা-শিবকোত্রণি জনক-নন্দিনী ।।
জগতের মাতা সীতা—রামের গৃহিনী ॥ ২০১ ॥
pativratā-śiromaņi janaka-nandinī jagatera mātā sītā ——rāmera grhiņi
SYNONYMS
pati-vratā —chaste woman;  śiromaṇi —the topmost;  janaka-nandinī —is the daughter of King Janaka;  jagatera —of all the three worlds;  mātā —the mother;  sītā —Sītā;  rāmera —of Lord Rāmacandra;  gṛhiṇī —wife.
TRANSLATION
Śrīmatī Sītādevī  is the mother of the three worlds and the wife of Lord Rāmacandra. Among chaste women, she is supreme, and she is the daughter of King Janaka.
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রাবণ দেখিয়া সীতা লৈল অগ্নির শরণ ।।
রাবণ হৈতে অগ্নি কৈল সীতাকে আবরণ ॥ ২০২ ॥
rāvaṇa dekhiyā sītā laila agnira śaraṇa rāvaṇa haite agni kaila sītāke āvaraṇa
SYNONYMS
rāvaņa dekhiyā —after seeing Rāvaņa;  sītā —mother Sītā;  laila —took;  agnira —of fire;  śaraņa —shelter;  rāvaņa —Rāvaņa;  haite —from;  agni —fire;  kaila —did;  sitāke —unto mother Sītā;  āvaraņa —covering.
TRANSLATION
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.