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Canto 2: Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa ()

Canto 2 -

Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa

Preface
Contributors and Acknowledgements
About the Gloss and Technical Notes
Canto Summary
Chapter 1: Daśaratha Desires to Appoint Rāma as the Crown Prince
Chapter 2: The Citizens of Ayodhyā Request Daśaratha to Coronate Rāma
Chapter 3: Daśaratha Informs Rāma About his Decision
Chapter 4: Daśaratha’s Anxiety About Coronating Rāma
Chapter 5: Vasiṣṭha Prepares Rāma for the Coronation
Chapter 6: The Residents of Kosala Prepare to Celebrate Rāma’s Coronation
Chapter 7: Mantharā Instructs Kaikeyī to Stop the Coronation
Chapter 8: The Conversation Between Kaikeyī and Mantharā
Chapter 9: Kaikeyī Convinced by Mantharā
Chapter 10: Daśaratha Meets Kaikeyī
Chapter 11: Kaikeyī Demands two Boons
Chapter 12: Kaikeyī Reaffirms her Demands
Chapter 13: Kaikeyī Rejects Daśaratha’s Sorrowful Plea
Chapter 14: Daśaratha Grants Kaikeyī her two Boons
Chapter 15: Daśaratha Personally Instructs Sumantra to Bring Rāma
Chapter 16: Rāma Passes Through the Grand Road to Meet Daśaratha
Chapter 17: Rāma Glorified by His well-wishers
Chapter 18: Kaikeyī Informs Rāma About the two Boons
Chapter 19: Rāma Promises to Leave for the Forest
Chapter 20: Kausalyā’s Lamentation
Chapter 21: Rāma Consoles Kausalyā and Lakṣmaṇa
Chapter 22: Rāma Instructs Lakṣmaṇa
Chapter 23: Lakṣmaṇa’s Arguments
Chapter 24: Rāma Instructs Kausalyā
Chapter 25: Kausalyā Invokes Auspiciousness for Rāma
Chapter 26: Rāma Meets Sītā and Instructs Her
Chapter 27: Sītā Requests Rāma to Take Her to the Forest
Chapter 28: Rāma Refuses to Accept Her Request
Chapter 29: Sītā Persists in Requesting Him to Take Her to the Forest
Chapter 30: Rāma Allows Sītā to Follow Him to the Forest
Chapter 31: Rāma Allows Lakṣmaṇa to Follow Him to the Forest
Chapter 32: Rāma Gives Away His Wealth Before Departing
Chapter 33: Rāma, Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa Depart to Meet Daśaratha
Chapter 34: Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa and Sītā Meet Daśaratha
Chapter 35: Furious Sumantra Criticizes Kaikeyī
Chapter 36: Kaikeyī Forbids the King from Sending Wealth With Rāma
Chapter 37: Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa and Sītā Wear Clothes of Bark
Chapter 38: Rāma Requests the King to Take Care of His Mother Kausalyā
Chapter 39: Kausalyā Instructs Sītā
Chapter 40: Rāma Departs from Ayodhyā
Chapter 41: Ayodhyā Suffers After Rāma’s Departure
Chapter 42: Daśaratha Goes to Kausalyā’s Residence in Distress
Chapter 43: Kausalyā Laments for Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa and Sītā
Chapter 44: Sumitrā Consoles Kausalyā
Chapter 45: The Brāhmaṇas from Ayodhyā Follow Rāma
Chapter 46: Rāma Leaves the Brāhmaṇas to go to the Forest
Chapter 47: The Brāhmaṇas Return to Ayodhyā in Distress
Chapter 48: The Ladies in Ayodhyā Lament
Chapter 49: Rāma Continues on Towards the Forest
Chapter 50: The Meeting of Rāma and Guha
Chapter 51: Guha and Lakṣmaṇa Converse at Night
Chapter 52: Rāma Crosses the Gaṅgā on Guha’s Boat
Chapter 53: Rāma Requests Lakṣmaṇa to Return to Ayodhyā
Chapter 54: Rāmacandra Meets Bharadvāja Ṛṣi
Chapter 55: Rāma Leaves Bharadvāja’s Āśrama and Crosses the Yamunā
Chapter 56: Rāma Reaches Citrakūṭa
Chapter 57: Sumantra Returns to Ayodhyā
Chapter 58: Sumantra Conveys the Message of Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa
Chapter 59: Sumantra Describes the Agony of all Creatures in the Country
Chapter 60: Kausalyā Continues to Lament
Chapter 61: Kausalyā Condemns Daśaratha in Extreme Distress
Chapter 62: Kausalyā Pacifies Daśaratha
Chapter 63: Daśaratha Remembering Killing a Sage’s Innocent Son
Chapter 64: Daśaratha Gives up his Life in Remembrance of Lord Rāma
Chapter 65: Daśaratha’s Wives Lament About his Departure
Chapter 66: Daśaratha’s Ministers Preserve his Body
Chapter 67: The Sages Request Vasiṣṭha to Coronate a son of Daśaratha
Chapter 68: Vasiṣṭha’s Messengers go to Bring Bharata
Chapter 69: Bharata’s Distressing Dreams
Chapter 70: Bharata Departs from Rājagṛha
Chapter 71: Bharata Reaches Ayodhyā
Chapter 72: Kaikeyī Informs Bharata About Daśaratha’s Death
Chapter 73: Bharata Decides to Bring Rāma Back
Chapter 74: Bharata Condemns Kaikeyī
Chapter 75: Bharata’s Conversation with Kausalyā-devī
Chapter 76: Bharata Performs the Final Rites for Daśaratha
Chapter 77: Bharata and Śatrughna Lament About Daśaratha’s Departure
Chapter 78: Śatrughna Punishes Mantharā
Chapter 79: Bharata Prepares to go With His Army to Meet Rāma
Chapter 80: A Pathway for Bharata’s Journey is Constructed
Chapter 81: Vasiṣṭha Summons Bharata
Chapter 82: Bharata Rejects Vasiṣṭha’s Request
Chapter 83: Bharata Reaches Śṛṅgiberapura
Chapter 84: Guha Meets Bharata
Chapter 85: Bharata Reveals His Intentions to Guha
Chapter 86: Guha Relates Rāma’s Pastimes on the Bank of Gaṅgā
Chapter 87: Further Conversation Between Bharata and Guha
Chapter 88: Bharata Laments About Rāma’s Predicament
Chapter 89: Bharata Crosses Gaṅgā and Reaches Prayāga
Chapter 90: Bharata Meets Bharadvāja Ṛṣi
Chapter 91: Bharadvāja’s Hospitality to Bharata, His Army and Family
Chapter 92: Bharata Departs for Citrakūṭa
Chapter 93: Bharata Initiates a Search for Rāma’s Residence
Chapter 94: Rāma Describes the Excellence of Citrakūṭa to Sītā
Chapter 95: Rāma Describes Mandākinī’s Beauty to Sītā
Chapter 96: Lakṣmaṇa Notices Bharata’s Army
Chapter 97: Rāma Instructs Lakṣmaṇa
Chapter 98: Bharata Locates Rāma’s Āśrama
Chapter 99: Bharata Meets Rāma
Chapter 100: Rāma Instructs Bharata About the Duties of a King
Chapter 101: Bharata Informs Rāma About Daśaratha’s Death
Chapter 102: Rāma Performs Śrāddha for King Daśaratha
Chapter 103: Rāma Meets His Mothers and Vasiṣṭha
Chapter 104: Bharata Beseeches Rāma to Rule the Kingdom
Chapter 105: Rāma Consoles Bharata With Spiritual Instructions
Chapter 106: Bharata Persists in His Request
Chapter 107: Rāma Explains why the King Gave the Kingdom to Kaikeyī
Chapter 108: Jābāli Speaks the Philosophy of Materialism
Chapter 109: Rāma Refutes Jābāli
Chapter 110: Vasiṣṭha Requests Rāma to Accept the Throne
Chapter 111: Rāma Agrees to Accept the Throne After Returning to Ayodhyā
Chapter 112: Rāma Gives Bharata His Sandals
Chapter 113: Bharata Returns to Ayodhyā
Chapter 114: Ayodhyā’s loss of Splendor
Chapter 115: Bharata Goes to Nandigrāma
Chapter 116: The Sages Depart from Citrakūṭa
Chapter 117: Anasūyā Instructs Sītā About Strī-dharma
Chapter 119: Conversation Between Sītā and Anasūyā
Chapter 120: Rāma Departs to Daṇḍakāraṇya
Appendixes