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Book One - bAla KkANDa

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1. nArada briefs vAlmIki about rAma & rAmAyaNa in a nutshell	sarga/chapter
2. vAlmIki gets divine guidance to compile the epic	sarga/chapter
3. vAlmIki gets divine guidance to compile the epic	sarga/chapter
4. Lava and Kusha assigned to sing the epic & rAma listents to it	sarga/chapter
5. City ayodhya detailed	sarga/chapter
6. Splendour of ayodhya city described	sarga/chapter
7. Estimable nature of king dasharatha's ministers	sarga/chapter
8. King dasharatha proposes Vedic ritual for progeny	sarga/chapter
9. Legend of Sage Rishyasringa	sarga/chapter
10. Rishyasringa enticed and brought from woods	sarga/chapter
11 dasaratha brings Rishyasringa to ayodhya	sarga/chapter
12. dasaratha readies to perform asvamedha ritual	sarga/chapter
13. ashva-medha begun; sage vashiSTa's arrangements	sarga/chapter
14. ashvamedha commenced as preamble to putrakAmeShTi ritual	sarga/chapter
15. Rishyashringa officiates putrakAmeShTi ritual for dasharatha	sarga/chapter
16. yajna purusha presents divine dessert as fruit of ritual	sarga/chapter
17. brahma orders gods to spawn forest-rangers,vAnarA-s	sarga/chapter
18. Rama, Bharata, Lakshmana and Shatrughna took births	sarga/chapter
19. Sage vishvamitra's arrival to take rAma along with him to guard ritual	sarga/chapter
20. dasharatha's dissent to spare rAma's servicees	sarga/chapter
21. Ire of sage vishvamitra; vashiShTha appeases dasharatha	sarga/chapter
22. rAma, lakshmaNa travel with vishvamitra to his ritual place	sarga/chapter
23. Their sojourn at the confluence of the rivers ganga and sarayu	sarga/chapter
24. The legend of deomoness tATaka	sarga/chapter
25. The legend of deomoness tATaka - contd	sarga/chapter
26. Elimination of demoness tATaka	sarga/chapter
27. vishvAmitra endows rAma with supernatural missiles	sarga/chapter
28. vishvAmitra teaches rAma about annulment of missiles	sarga/chapter
29. Legend of vAmana narrated	sarga/chapter
30. Legend of siddha Ashrama	sarga/chapter
31. rAma safeguards vishvAmitra's vedic ritual	sarga/chapter
32. rAma'savel to mithila city	sarga/chapter
33. Legend of brahmadatta	sarga/chapter
34. Legend of vishvamitra's ancestry	sarga/chapter
35. Legend of River Ganga	sarga/chapter
36. Legend of Uma and her curse	sarga/chapter
37. Legend of kaartikeya	sarga/chapter
38. Legend of emperor sagara	sarga/chapter
39. sagara's sons dig earth in search of ritual hose	sarga/chapter
40. Sage kapila burns the sons of sagara	sarga/chapter
41. sagara's grandson amshuman's search for the horse	sarga/chapter
42. king bhageeratha's effort to bring river ganga ion to the earth	sarga/chapter
43. River ganga's descent onto earth	sarga/chapter
44. brahma commends bhageeratha	sarga/chapter
45. The legend of churning Milk Ocean	sarga/chapter
46. Lady diti seeks for a son to kill Indra	sarga/chapter
47. The legend of Seven-maruts, wind-gods	sarga/chapter
48. The legend of ahalya	sarga/chapter
49. Redemption of ahalya from her curse	sarga/chapter
50. Redemption of ahalya from her curse cont.	sarga/chapter
51. The legend of vishvamitra	sarga/chapter
52. he legend of Vishvamitra- contd	sarga/chapter
53. vishvamitra tries to gain kaamadhenu	sarga/chapter
54. Sacred-Cow creates forces to fightback	sarga/chapter
55. vishvamitra ruins vashiSTHa's hermitage	sarga/chapter
56. vashiSTa nullifies Vishvamitra's missiles	sarga/chapter
57. The Legend of trishanku	sarga/chapter
58. trishanku seeks shelter of vishvamitra	sarga/chapter
59. trishanku undertakes Vedic ritual	sarga/chapter
60. trishanku's ascension to heaven	sarga/chapter
61. Lend of shunashshepa	sarga/chapter
62. Legend of shunashshepa [contd. ]	sarga/chapter
63. Legend of vishvamitra [contd. ]	sarga/chapter
64. Legend of vishvamitra [contd. ]	sarga/chapter
65. Legend of vishvamitra - concluded	sarga/chapter
66. Legend of shiva's bow	sarga/chapter
67. rAma breaks shiva's bow	sarga/chapter
68. janaka sends message to ayodhya	sarga/chapter
69. dasharatha arrives at mithila	sarga/chapter
70. ikshvaaku's lineage detailed	sarga/chapter
71. janaka's lineage detailed	sarga/chapter
72. Marriage alliance to bharata, shatrughna	sarga/chapter
73. sItha's marriage with rAma	sarga/chapter
74. parashu rAma's arrival	sarga/chapter
75. Legends of shiva and vishnu bows	sarga/chapter
76. parashu rAma's pride is hurt	sarga/chapter
77. Happy days after marriages	sarga/chapter

Book One - bAla KkANDa

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Contents

Here concludes bAla kANDa