RG ST 3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1 - 5: Balakanda, Kaikeyi, Shatrughna
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The poem is traditionally divided into several major kandas or books, that deal chronologically with the major events in the life of rama. Dasharatha, king of kosala, was childless for a long time and anxious to produce. : birth of rama, his childhood, and marriage to sita an heir performs a fire sacrifice (putra kameshti yagna) Kausalya (wife) births rama, kaikeyi births bharata, sumitra births. These sons are endowed, to various degrees, with the essence of the god. Vishnu; vishnu had opted to be born into mortality in order to combat the demon ravana, who was oppressing the gods, and who could only be destroyed by a mortal. Rama and lakshmana receive instructions and supernatural weapons from. One day, a female child was found in the field by the king in the deep furrow dug by this plough. Overwhelmed with joy, the king regarded the child as a "miraculous gift of god".
