bAla kAnDam – the childhood

• 1.1. rAmAyaNam in brief
• 1.2. The epic in writing
• 1.3. Layout of the epic and executive summary
• 1.4. The epic is ready, lava and kuSa render it
• 1.5. ayOdhya – the model city and state
• 1.6. The denizens of ayOdhya
• 1.7 The able eight ministers of daSaratha
• 1.8. What ails the mighty emperor?
• 1.9 Minister sumantra recollects the prophecy
• 1.10. Luring the pristine preceptor
• 1..11. The prophecy in action
• 1.12. Prayer for the yajna to begin
• 1.13. The yajna begins
• 1.14. The rigorous religious route for royal resurgence
• 1.15. Meanwhile something is cooking among the gods
• 1.16. Successful culmination of the yajna
• 1.17. Arrangements for the advent of the Almighty
• 1.18. The Lord descends and the sage arrives
• 1.19. The impossible request of viSwAmitra
• 1.20. daSaratha distraught
• 1.21. Sage resents, king relents
• 1.22. The sage and the Saviours set off
• 1.23. Caring sage, curious princes
• 1.24. A journey laden with stories
• 1.25. Encounter with the ogress
• 1.26. Destroyer of demons debuts
• 1.27. rAma’s repertoire of divine weaponry
• 1.28. Valiant rAma well equipped with weapons
• 1.29. The legend of sidhhASrama
• 1.30. Mission accomplished
• 1.31. Mission extended!
• 1.32. The hundred brave girls
• 1.33. Well done, girls!
• 1.34. Catching up with the kuSika clan
• 1.35. himavAn and the heights of goodness!
• 1.36. Why gods can’t have children!
• 1.37. kArtikEya the conqueror is born!
• 1.38. Emperor sagara had sixty thousand sons!
• 1.39. Sixty thousand princes and a lost horse!
• 1.40. Horse sighted, but the princes perish!
• 1.41. ganga, the gateway to heaven
• 1.42. A “bhagirathian” effort!
• 1.43. ganga gushes forth to the earth!
• 1.44. sagara princes redeemed
• 1.45. Churn for immortality
• 1.46. A mother’s vengeance
• 1.47. maruts, the wind gods are made
• 1.48. indra’s ignominy and accursed ahalya
• 1.49. rAma, the redeemer
• 1.50. lord of mithila mesmerised!
• 1.51. Over to sage SatAnanda
• 1.52. Hospitable vasisTha
• 1.53. Bargain for the bovine
• 1.54. bovine rage routs the royal army
• 1.55. Vengeful viSwAmitra
• 1.56. kauSika’s crushing defeat
• 1.57. The king with a questionable desire
• 1.58. triSanku reaches out to viSwAmitra
• 1.59. viSwAmitra rains wrath
• 1.60. triSanku stranded!
• 1.61. Saga of SunaSSepha
• 1.62. SunaSSepha saved
• 1.63. Mesmerizing mEnaka
• 1.64. Ravishing rambha accursed
• 1.65. brahmaRshi viSwAmitra, finally!
• 1.66. Brilliant bow and the magnificent maiden
• 1.67. Broken bow, upheld vow and wedding bells
• 1.68. Glad tidings reach ayOdhya
• 1.69. The wedding party reaches mithila
• 1.70. The pristine lineage of the ikshvAkus
• 1.71. The equally pristine lineage of janaka
• 1.72. The grand alliance of ikshvAkus and janakas
• 1.73. siyAvar rAmachandra ki Jai!
• 1.74. paraSurAma has an axe to grind!
• 1.75. Legend of the two bows
• 1.76. Conqueror conquered!
• 1.77. rAma, the darling of all

Here completed the SrImath bAlakAnDam.

ayOdhya kAnDam – dharma canto