Rama Lakshmana shoot her with arrows while she throws rocks and trees at them. Tataka, caked with blood and grime, appears and attacks the party. It is the duty of Rama and Lakshmana to kill her and purify the forest, and the boys go forth to seek her without fear. She drinks the blood of living creatures, and now no being can enter this forest. He explains to them that this is the domain of the rakshasi Tataka, who was transformed into a demon after she tried to seduce a holy man. Viswamitra takes them to the cursed forest, a place where no wind blows and no birds sing. The rishi and the two young princes set off on a long journey through forests and hills. Dasaratha grudgingly allows Rama to leave with Viswamitra, and Lakshmana insists on accompanying his brother on this quest. Dasaratha is terrified that his young and inexperienced son will come to home when fighting these dangerous demons, but Viswamitra assures him that Rama is the only one who can succeed in this task, and no harm will come to him. Dasaratha receives this honored figure with great joy, which is dampened somewhat when Viswamitra explains why he has come: he wants Rama to kill the rakshasas who are defiling the sacred place where he lives. Viswamitra is deeply respected for his supernatural powers he has the ability to see things in other worlds, places, and times. He was a king who later became a rishi (wandering ascetic, holy man). One day, the commanding Viswamitra appears at the gates of Ayodhya. Dasaratha is deeply devoted to Rama, and Rama adores him as well. But it is his father Dasaratha with whom Rama has the deepest bond. He is very close with his brother Lakshmana, and the two are rarely parted. They learn the arts of war and ruling they excel at everything they attempt, but the greatest among them is Rama. The whole kingdom of Ayodhya is filled with delight at the births of the four boys. The third wife Sumitra gives birth to a set of twin boys, Lakshmana and Shatrughna, because she drank two sips from the cup of the sacred messenger. Shortly after, Kaikeyi gives birth to her son Bharata. Miraculous signs appear on the earth and in the skies when Kausalya gives birth to Rama, who is the avatar of Vishnu. The messenger vanishes.Ī few months after, the queens announce their pregnancies. Dasaratha brings the cup to his queens Kausalya, Sumitra, and Kaikeyi, who drink from it. Suddenly, out of the fire a holy messenger appears, and tells Dasaratha and Rishyaringa to have the queens drink from the vessel he holds. Vishnu accepts this task, and tells the deities that he will be born as King Dasaratha's son.īack on earth, Rishyaringa is chanting the final verses of the horse sacrifice. The gods beg Vishnu, the sustainer of the world, to accept birth as a mortal man in order to slay Ravana. However, Brahma points out that Rama foolishly forgot to ask for protection from human beings, and he will die at the hands of a mortal man. In return for great tapasya (meditation, ritual, penance) that Ravana performed in his youth, he received two blessings from the gods: great strength from the god Siva, and Brahma himself granted Ravana protection from death at the hands of any god or supernatural being. Ravana's demons commit terrible violence and pollute holy places, causing great evil on the earth. His guru Vasishta tells him to perform a horse sacrifice under the guidance of the rishi Rishyashringa, which the king does.Īt the same time, the king of the Devas, Indra, begs the great god Brahma to rid the world of the demon Ravana. The just and great King Dasaratha rules over this land, but he has one great sorrow in his life: despite his three wives and his advanced age, he has no children. The story begins in the city of Ayodhya, located in the land of Kosala. The two youths go forth and recite the Ramayana to kings, rishis, and common people. The holy Narada teaches the story of Rama to Valmiki, who commits it to memory and teaches it to two youths from his asrama, Lava and Kusha. Amazed at the appearance of this holy personage, Valmiki asks him a question he has long wrestled with: is there any man in the world who possesses all virtues? Narada tells him that there is such a man in these very times, and his name is Rama. Valmiki is a hermit sitting in meditation when he receives an unexpected visit from Narada, a divine figure. The poem begins from the perspective of Valmiki, the author of them poem.
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