bala Kanda

1. Narada briefs Valmiki about Rama & Ramayana in a nutshell
2. Valmiki gets divine guidance to compile the epic
3. Valmiki gets divine guidance to compile the epic
4. Lava and Kusha assigned to sing the epic & Rama listens to it
5. City ayodhya detailed
6. Splendour of ayodhya city described
7. Estimable nature of king Dasharatha's ministers
8. King Dasharatha proposes Vedic ritual for progeny
9. Legend of Sage Rishyasringa
10. Rishyasringa enticed and brought from woods
11. Dasaratha brings Rishyasringa to ayodhya
12. Dasharatha readies to perform asvamedha ritual
13. Ashva-medha begun; sage Vasishtha's arrangements
14. Ashvamedha commenced as preamble to Putrakameshti ritual
15. Rishyashringa officiates Putrakameshti ritual for Dasharatha
16. Yajna purusha presents divine dessert as fruit of ritual
17. Brahma orders gods to spawn forest-rangers,vAnarA-s
18. Rama, Bharata, Lakshmana and Shatrughna took births
19. Sage Vishvamitra's arrival to take Rama along with him to guard ritual
20. Dasharatha's dissent to spare Rama's servicees
21. Ire of sage Vishvamitra; Vasishtha appeases Dasharatha
22. Rama, Lakshmana travel with Vishvamitra to his ritual place
23. Their sojourn at the confluence of the rivers Ganga and Sarayu
24. The legend of demoness Tataka
25. The legend of demoness Tataka - contd
26. Elimination of demoness Tataka
27. Vishvamitra endows Rama with supernatural missiles
28. Vishvamitra teaches Rama about annulment of missiles
29. Legend of Vamana narrated
30. Legend of siddha Ashrama
31. Rama safeguards Vishvamitra's vedic ritual
32. Rama'savel to mithila city
33. Legend of Brahmadatta
34. Legend of Vishvamitra's ancestry
35. Legend of River Ganga
36. Legend of Uma and her curse
37. Legend of Kaartikeya
38. Legend of emperor sagara
39. Sagara's sons dig earth in search of ritual hose
40. Sage Kapila burns the sons of sagara
41. Sagara's grandson Amshuman's search for the horse
42. King Bhageeratha's effort to bring river Ganga ion to the earth
43. River Ganga's descent onto earth
44. Brahma commends Bhageeratha
45. The legend of churning Milk Ocean
46. Lady diti seeks for a son to kill Indra
47. The legend of Seven-maruts, wind-gods
48. The legend of Ahalya
49. Redemption of Ahalya from her curse
50. Redemption of Ahalya from her curse cont
51. The legend of Vishvamitra
52. He legend of Vishvamitra- contd
53. Vishvamitra tries to gain kaamadhenu
54. Sacred-Cow creates forces to fightback
55. Vishvamitra ruins Vasishtha's hermitage
56. Vasishtha nullifies Vishvamitra's missiles
57. The Legend of Trishanku
58. Trishanku seeks shelter of Vishvamitra
59. Trishanku undertakes Vedic ritual
60. Trishanku's ascension to heaven
61. Lend of Shunashshepa
62. Legend of Shunashshepa [contd
63. Legend of Vishvamitra [contd
64. Legend of Vishvamitra [contd
65. Legend of Vishvamitra - concluded
66. Legend of Shiva's bow
67. Rama breaks Shiva's bow
68. Janaka sends message to ayodhya
69. Dasharatha arrives at mithila
70. Ikshvaku's lineage detailed
71. Janaka's lineage detailed
72. Marriage alliance to Bharata, Shatrughna
73. Sita's marriage with Rama
74. Parashu Rama's arrival
75. Legends of Shiva and Vishnu bows
76. Parashu Rama's pride is hurt
77. Happy days after marriages
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