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Valmiki Ramayana, Book II, all 119 sargas — a promise, an exile, and a kingdom that waits.
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Valmiki Ramayana, Book IV, all 67 sargas — a new friendship, a kingdom set right, and Hanuman remembers his own strength.
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Ayodhya; Dasharatha has no heir.
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The king's grief; he dies.
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A king who lost everything to a game of dice, and a queen who never stopped looking for him.
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