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