बालकाण्ड • Rāma Janma & Bālyāvasthā
Book 1: Bāla Kāṇḍa - Chapter 18
Birth of Rama, Bharata, Lakshmana, and Shatrughna; childhood in Ayodhya
Bāla Kāṇḍa (बालकाण्ड)
Section XVIII • Chapter 18
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Rāma Janma & Bālyāvasthā
Birth of Rama, Bharata, Lakshmana, and Shatrughna; childhood in Ayodhya
Original Narrative Summary (Dutt 1891 Prose Translation)
When the horse-sacrifice of the high-souled Dacaratha had been completed, the immortals, accepting each his share, returned whence they had come. And the monarch, having observed all the rules of initiation, entered the palace with his equipage and retinue.