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Between 6 and 12 pages depending on the age band, with two endings and a moral.

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From Valmiki Ramayana, Bala kanda 1 › sarga 5–11. We keep the episode and soften only what a child needs softened.

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Yes, in every language the book has, at a pace set for the age band.

Because a child who chooses remembers. Both endings keep the moral; only the road differs.

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Ayodhya and the childless king

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Valmiki

Reference translation: M. N. Dutt (1891); R. T. H. Griffith (1870–74)

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The Suno Katha edition is a retelling, distinct from the original source. Ancient works may carry traditional attribution.

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Valmiki Ramayana

Ayodhya and the childless king

Ayodhya; Dasharatha has no heir.

अयोध्या और निःसंतान राजा

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Ayodhya; Dasharatha has no heir.

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Mythology Doing what is right Hindu Bala Kanda Ramayana

Characters in this book

King

What it teaches

Doing what is right

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Valmiki Ramayana telling by Suno Katha — all five reading ages in English and Hindi.

Reading age: 0-3
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Reading age: 0-3
Story length: In preparation
Languages: 2 languages
Publisher / imprint: Suno Katha
Edition status: In preparation
Print dimensions: Print edition pending
ISBN: Not recorded

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Publisher / imprint: Suno Katha
Edition status: In preparation
Publication date: Not yet published
Languages: 2 languages
Story length: In preparation
Reading age: 0-3
Original source work: Valmiki Ramayana
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ISBN-13: Not recorded
Print length: Print edition pending
Print dimensions: Print edition pending
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SKU: SK-AYODHYA-AND-THE-CHILDLESS-KING

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Ayodhya and the childless king

Bala kanda 1 › sarga 5–11

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Ayodhya; Dasharatha has no heir.

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Valmiki Ramayana · sargas 1.5–1.11 · 197 verses. Sanskrit, transliteration and available meanings.

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Book information

From the original text

Collection: Bala Kanda
Work: Valmiki Ramayana
Edition: Southern recension (vulgate) as printed by Gita Press; 7 kandas, 645 sargas · M. N. Dutt (1891); R. T. H. Griffith (1870–74)
Where: Bala kanda 1 › sarga 5–11
Note: Valmiki Rāmāyaṇa 1.5–1.11 (corpus-0).

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What we keep, what we soften

The episode, the names and the order of events stay as the text has them. Weapons, war and fear are told as courage, not conflict, for the youngest bands; nothing is invented.

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Available in:Englishहिन्दी