<P> The story then moves on and Rama and His brothers are now grown - up boys . The sage Vishvamitra arrives at Dashratha's royal court where the King receives his eminent guest with great honour . Sage Vishvamitra lived in the forest and was performing great sacrifices . However, the demons Maricha and Subahu would always desecrate the ceremonial offerings . He knew that Rama had taken birth on earth to protect his devotees and so he decided to visit Dashratha to ask him a favour . The sage asks the king to let his sons accompany him to the forest . Reluctantly the king agrees . Rama knew before hand the intention of Vishvamitra in asking him to come along with him. He asures the sage that he would obey his commands . Lakshman kills Subahu and Rama kills Maricha, the dreaded demons . </P> <P> The story then moves to the deliverance of Ahalya . Rama, Lakshman and Vishvamitra venture on a journey and reach the beautiful kingdom of the Videhas, Mithila . The king of Mithila, Janaka, welcomes the great sage and asks him who are the two boys accompanying him...Janaka is overcome by great emotion as he is able to sense the true nature of their mission...The brothers then set out to discover the beautiful city and visit Janaka's garden . This is an important section of the manās as it portrays the first meeting of Rama and Sita...</P> <P> In the meanwhile, King Janaka arranges a swayamvara ceremony for his daughter Sita . A swayamvara ceremony is a Vedic ritual in which a prospective bride selects her groom from among a group of suitors who attend the ceremony . Sita falls in love with Rama at first sight in Janaka's garden and prays to Gauri that she may get Rama as her husband . King Janaka sends a messenger to invite Rama, Laksman and Sage Vishvamitra to attend the swayamvara . Janaka puts a condition to identify the right groom for Sita . The great bow of Shiva by the name of Pinaka was kept in the arena . Any suitor who would be able to string Pinaka would be married to Sita . Many princes try but fail to even nudge the mammoth bow . This causes great distress to Janaka who wonders aloud if the earth has become devoid of brave men . This statement of Janaka angers Lakshman who retorts that no one talks in this vein, when a gathering like this, has the presence of scions of the Sun Dynasty . Rama gently nudges him to keep calm as Vishwamitra asks him to break the bow and make Janaka happy once again...Rama steps in and effortlessly lifts and strings the divine bow . In a swift move, he breaks the bow . The breaking of Pinaka causes a great noise that disturbs the great sage Parashurama in his meditation and he storms into the swayamvara arena in great anger vowing to kill whoever had dared to break the bow of lord Shiva . Lakshman enters into an argument with Parashurama paying scant respect to the sage who was known for his bursts of anger and was known to slay whoever dared to oppose him . Ultimately, Rama brings him around . Parashurama comes to know the real nature of lord Rama as the ultimate Brahman, pays his respects and leaves for the forests for meditation. Sita places the wreath of victory around the neck of Rama in accordance with the rules of the swayamvara and is thus wedded to him . </P> <P> However, Sita being his beloved daughter, Janaka desires to conduct a grand marriage of Sita and Rama in accordance with both Vedic and laukik (traditional) customs . Janaka dispatches messengers to Ayodhya to inform Dashratha and his family about the marriage of Rama and Sita and invites them for the formal consummation of marriage ceremony . Dashratha starts with a great marriage procession, consisting of Rama's family, friends and well wishers in addition to Shiva, Vishnu, Brahma and all Devas who take up human form and depart for Mithila . </P>

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