{"kanda":1,"kandaName":"Bāla Kāṇḍa","sarga":15,"title":"Daśaratha receives and divides the divine pāyasa","sentence":"Viṣṇu chooses Daśaratha as his father, a being emerges from the fire with divine pāyasa and the King distributes it among his wives","portion":"Birth of the princes and their allies","sequence":[[{"steps":["Viṣṇu asks how Rāvaṇa can be killed, although he already knows","the Suras explain again that Rāvaṇa's contempt for humans left them outside his protection","Viṣṇu chooses Daśaratha as his father (15.1–7)"],"from":1,"to":7,"sarga":15},{"steps":["at Daśaratha's ongoing putrīyā iṣṭi, a mighty being emerges from the fire: dark-bodied, red-clad, radiant like the sun and flame, with a voice like a drum (15.8–12)"],"from":8,"to":12,"sarga":15},{"steps":["he carries a large golden vessel with silver edging, filled with divine pāyasa, and identifies himself as a messenger of Prajāpati (15.12–14)"],"from":12,"to":14,"sarga":15},{"steps":["Daśaratha welcomes him","the messenger tells him to give this divinely prepared, offspring-producing food to his wives (15.15–18)"],"from":15,"to":18,"sarga":15},{"steps":["the delighted King receives the vessel on his head, bows, and circles the messenger reverently","the messenger vanishes after completing his task (15.19–22). 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