ॐVedika

77 sargas · Gita Press numbering

Bāla Kāṇḍa

Birth, education and marriage. The young princes meet sages, demons and divine weapons.

Bāla KāṇḍaVālmīki (primary text)In the text

The story, beat by beat

  1. Vālmīki's question to Nārada and the first śloka
  2. Daśaratha's sacrifice and the birth of four sons
  3. Viśvāmitra takes Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa to the forest
  4. Tāṭakā is slain; Ahalyā is freed from her unseen penance
  5. Rāma breaks Śiva's bow at Mithilā and marries Sītā
  6. Paraśurāma confronts Rāma on the road home

Sītā is won, and the four brothers marry into Janaka's house.

Primary text: Śrīmad Vālmīkīya Rāmāyaṇa, Gita Press, Gorakhpur. Later traditions and living-tradition associations are labelled as such. Return to the Rāmāyaṇa World.