CHAPTER TEN
The Pastimes of
the Supreme Lord, Ramacandra
This Tenth Chapter describes how Lord Ramacandra appeared in the
dynasty of Maharaja Khatvanga. It also describes the Lord’s activities,
telling how He killed Ravana and returned to Ayodhya, the capital of His
kingdom.

The son of Maharaja Khatvanga was Dirghabahu, and his son was
Raghu. The son of Raghu was Aja, the son of Aja was Dasaratha, and the
son of Dagaratha was Lord Ramacandra, the Supreme Personality of God-
head. When the Lord descended into this world in His full quadruple ex-
pansion—as Lord Ramacandra, Laksmana, Bharata and Satrughna—
great sages like Valmiki who were actually in knowledge of the Absolute
Truth described His transcendental pastimes. Srila Sukadeva Gosvami
describes these pastimes in brief.

Lord Ramacandra went with Visvamitra and killed Raksasas like
Marica. After breaking the stout and strong bow known as Haradhanu,
the Lord married mother Sitd and cut down the prestige of Parasurama.
To obey the order of His father, He entered the forest, accompanied by
Laksmana and Sita. There He cut off the nose of Sirpanakha and killed
the associates of Ravana, headed by Khara and Diana. Ravana’s kidnap-
ping of Sitadevi was the beginning of this demon’s misfortune. When
Marica assumed the form of a golden deer, Lord Ramacandra went to
bring the deer to please Sitadevi, but in the meantime Ravana took ad-
vantage of the Lord’s absence to kidnap her. When Sitadevi was kid-
napped, Lord Ramacandra, accompanied by Laksmana, searched for her
throughout the forest. In the course of this search, They met Jatadyu.
Then the Lord killed the demon Kabandha and the commander Vali and
established a friendly relationship with Sugriva. After organizing the
military strength of the monkeys and going with them to the shore of the
sea, the Lord awaited the arrival of Samudra, the ocean personified, but
when Samudra did not come, the Lord, the master of Samudra, became

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