Dasharatha had no sons from his wives, so he made sought to make a sacrifice. This can act as the plot device for starting the story he then had four children from his three wives. Ravana is the king of the demons and he is invincible except he can be defeated by apes and humans, so Vishnu became the king's son, Rama so that he can then defeat Ravana. Rama was given celestial weapons after battling demons for the first time, and he was able to summon these weapons by thinking about them. I liked in the chapter Ahalya how it was written as a poem. Vishwamitra acts as Rama's mentor. Rama was able to bend the bow and won Sita from her father. Dasharatha then chose Rama to be king but Kaikeyi was persuaded by Manthara, who hates Rama, to use her favors to stop Rama from being king. Rama then went into exile with Sita and Lakshmana. Dasharatha then dies a sad death due to his bad karma.
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