When Sage Gautam arrives at King Janak's court, all rise to welcome him but Sita turns her face away from him. She reminds him of wrongly accusing and punishing his pretty wife Ahilya by turning her into a stone. Gautam remembers the incident when he had found her with Indra who had deceived her by coming in form of Gautam. Sita refuses to respect Gautam and accept him as Guru.
