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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