18 – Rama, Bharata, Lakshmana and Shatrughna took births

17 – brahma orders gods to spawn forest-rangers,vAnarA-s

16 – yajna purusha presents divine dessert as fruit of ritual

15 – Rishyashringa officiates putrakAmeShTi ritual for dasharatha

14 – ashvamedha commenced as preamble to putrakAmeShTi ritual

13 – ashva-medha begun; sage vashiSTa’s arrangements

12 – dasaratha readies to perform asvamedha ritual

11 – dasaratha brings Rishyasringa to ayodhya

10 – Rishyasringa enticed and brought from woods

9 – Legend of Sage Rishyasringa