1-Narada briefs Valmiki about Rama & Ramayana in a nutshell.

2. ValmIki gets divine guidance to compile the epic

3-ValmIki gets divine guidance to compile the epic

4-Lava and Kusha assigned to sing the epic & rAma listents to it

5- City ayodhya detailed

6 – Splendour of ayodhya city described

7 – Estimable nature of king dasharatha’s ministers

8-King dasharatha proposes Vedic ritual for progeny

9 – Legend of Sage Rishyasringa

10 – Rishyasringa enticed and brought from woods

11 – dasaratha brings Rishyasringa to ayodhya

12 – dasaratha readies to perform asvamedha ritual

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

14 – ashvamedha commenced as preamble to putrakAmeShTi ritual

15 – Rishyashringa officiates putrakAmeShTi ritual for dasharatha

16 – yajna purusha presents divine dessert as fruit of ritual

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

18 – Rama, Bharata, Lakshmana and Shatrughna took births

19 – Sage vishvamitra’s arrival to take rAma along with him to guard ritual

20 – dasharatha’s dissent to spare rAma’s servicees