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		Index	Putreshti Yagya A Yagya done with the desire of a son
		1. Sarg 1-2 - Naarad Jee visits Vaalmeeki Jee and Vaalmeeki Jee pronounces the first Shlok seeing one bird killed from a pair by a bird-killer. Brahmaa Jee comes and inspires him to write Raamaayan.
		2. Sarg 3-4 - Vaalmeeki Jee wrote the story of Raam and taught it to two little children. They started singing it.
		3. Sarg 5-8 - There was a Raajaa Dashrath who had all the pleasures but he didn't have a son. People were very happy in his kingdom. There was no problem whatsoever. So he decided to do an Ashwamedh Yagya which was supported by his Rishi. So he ordered to make arrangements for it.
		4. Sarg 9-10 - Raajaa Dashrath's chief minister Sumantra tells the story of King Rompaad as how he got rains in his kingdom. Rompaad sends prostitutes to bring Rishyashring Rishi in his kingdom to get rains.
		5. Sarg 11-13 - Sumantra tells Dashrath Sanat Kumaar's prediction about his sons and Dashrath brings Rishi Rishyashring to Ayodhyaa. Dashrath expresses his desire to do Yagya and his Purohit Vashishth Jee makes the arrangements for it.
		6. Sarg 14-16 - Dashrath completes Ashwamedh Yagya and then does Putreshti Yagya too. Brahmaa sends a man to give Prasaad to Dashrath Jee. Dashrath Jee distributes Prasaad to his three chief queens.
		7. Sarg 17-18 - Devtaa produce Vaanar to help Raam on Prithvi. Dashrath has four sons, Raam, Lakshman, Bharat and Shatrughn. When Raam is only 15 years old, Vishwaamitra Jee comes to ask for Raam to protect his Yagya from Raakshas.
		8. Sarg 20-21 - Vishwaamitra Jee asks for Raam to protect his Yagya but Dashrath hesitates. Vashishth Jee supports Vishwaamitra Jee to send Raam and Lakshman to protect his Yagya.
		9. Sarg 22-23 - Dashrath sends Raam and Lakshman with Vishwaamitra Jee. Vishwaamitra Jee imparts several weapons to Raam. On their way they stay in Shiv Aashram.
		10. Sarg 24-25 - Raam and Lakshman arrive at Muni Vishwaamitra's Aashram. On the way Muni tells the story of Taadakaa.
		11. Sarg 26-28 - Raam kills Taadakaa and Vishwaamitra again gives Him many other weapons.
		12. Sarg 29-31 - Raam comes to Vaaman Aashram and pushes Maareech very far. Then Vishwaamitra Jee takes both princes to Janak Puree to show them Dhanush Yagya.
		13. Sarg 32-33 - On the way Vishwaamitra tells them Raajaa Kushnaabh's Story in reference to his lineage.
		14. Sarg 34-35 - Vishwaamitra's lineage and the story of Gangaa River 1.
		15. Sarg 36-37 - Story of Gangaa River 2 and 3 - How Kaartikeya was born to Gangaa.
		16. Sarg 38-39 - Story of Gangaa River 4 and 5 - How did she come on Prithvi. Raajaa Sagar gets sons and performs an Ashwamedh Yagya. His Yagya's horse is stolen and he sends his children to find it.
		17. Sarg 40-41 - Story of Gangaa River 6 and 7 - Raajaa Sagar's children dig the whole Prithvi but can't find the horse and when they find it, Kapil Muni burns them all only with a sight. Then Raajaa sends his grandson Anshumaan to find them. The grandson finds his uncles burned, brings the horse back, and tells the whole story as how to do their Uddhaar.
		18. Sarg 42-44 - Story of Gangaa River 8, 9 and 10 - Now Bhageerath makes efforts to bring Gangaa on Prithvi. And he succeeds to bring her on Prithvi and takes her to the place where his forefathers' ashes were lying.
		19. Sarg 45-47 - Devtaa and Asur churn the Ksheer Saagar with the desire of getting Amrit. Amrit develops a war between them. Asur are killed. Diti, Daitya's mother, becomes sad and asks for a son in Var from her husband Kashyap Jee to kill Indra. She gets pregnant, then changes her mind and gives that son to Indra Himself.
		20. Sarg 48-49 - On the way to Janak Puree, they pass through an Aashram where Raam does Ahilyaa Uddhaar. Muni tells Ahilyaa's story.
		21. Sarg 50-53 - Vishwaamitra Jee arrives in Janak Puree and Janak Jee welcomes them. His Purohit Shataanand Jee then tells Vishwaamitra Jee's story as how he got these powers of Tap being a Raajaa. Vishwaamitra Jee meets Vashishth Jee in his Aashram and accepts his invitation to have food for his one Akshauhinee army.
		22. Sarg 54-56 - Kapilaa cow destroys Vishwaamitra's army when he wants to take her by force and Vashishth Jee could not do anything to save her. Vishwaamitra Jee gets frustrated and does Tapasyaa and gets many weapons. But he gets more frustrated when his Brahmaastra fails in front of Vashishth's Brahm Dand. Then he decides to get Brahm power with his own Tapasyaa.
		23. Sarg 57-58 - Vishwaamitra Jee does Tapasyaa but gets only Raajarshi' status. To get Brahmarshi's status he intends to go to more intense Tapasyaa, At the same time Raajaa Trishanku was looking for someone who could send him to Swarg Lok with this mortal body.
		24. Sarg 59-60 - Vishwaamitra Jee performs a Yagya to send Raajaa Trishanku to Swarg with his mortal body. He is able to send him there but Devtaa didn't allow him to come to Swarg as he had Shaap of his Guru. So he lived with other stars.
		25. Sarg 61-62 - Raajaa Ambreesh performs a Yagya in which Indra steals his Yagya animals. Now either he needs those animals back or a human being in exchange of them for sacrifice. He buys Richeek Muni's middle son for his Yagya sacrifice as he could not find his Yagya animals back. On the way the boy finds Vishwaamitra Jee, his Maamaa, who saves his life.
		26. Sarg 63-64 - Vishwaamitra Jee again does Tapasyaa. This time he is attracted to Menakaa Apsaraa and produces a girl named Shakuntalaa (brought up by Kanv Rishi), and gives Shaap to Rambhaa Apsaraa in anger.
		27. Sarg 65-67 - He again goes for Tapasyaa, and this time he gets Maharshi's status. Vishwaamitra Jee asks Raajaa Janak to show his bow to Raam and Lakshman. Janak Jee tells its story and shows them his bow. Raam looks at it, picks it up, pulls its string and it breaks. Janak Jee sends his ministers to Ayodhyaa to bring Dashrath Jee for Raam-Seetaa's wedding.
		28. Sarg 68-70 - Janak Jee invites Dashrath Jee for the wedding of Raam and Lakshman to Seetaa and Urmilaa and Dashrath Jee goes there. Janak calls his brother Kushdhwaj also and marries his two daughters to Bharat and Shatrughn.
		29. Sarg 71-73 - Janak describes his Vansh before performing the marriage. Janak and Dashrath Jee prepare for marriage. And Dashrath Jee marries his four sons to four daughters of Janak Vansh.
		30. Sarg 74-77 - While returning from Mithilaa, Dashrath meets Parashuraam Jee. He invites Raam to fight with Him but gets scared seeing His special arrow. Raam destroys His pride and power of walking in Trilok. Parashuraam goes back to Mahendra Parvat.


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