A dialogue between Lord Visnu and the gods bearing on Rāvana; on the disappearance of the Lord an attendant of Prajāpati (Lord Visnu, the Protector of all created beings) rises from the sacrificial pit and hands over to Daśaratha a basin containing milk boiled with rice and sugar and the latter divides it among his wives.

Rsyaśrnga conducts a sacrifice for securing the birth of sons to Daśaratha; the gods approach Brahmā in that very sacrifice with a prayer for bringing about the death of Rāvana; Brahmā implores Lord Visnu (also present there) to descend in the house of Daśaratha and do away with Rāvana and the Lord undertakes to kill Rāvana.

King Daśaratha proceeds with the horse-sacrifice; Rsyaśrnga grants him a boon regarding the birth of four sons.

Feudatory chiefs called under orders of the Emperor and charged with the duty of setting up stables etc.

Emperor Daśaratha gives his consent to the performance of a horse-sacrifice for being blessed with a son.

Urged by Sumantra, Emperor Daśaratha calls on his friend, King Romapāda, and brings with the latter’s permission Śāntā and Rsyaśrnga to his own palace.

How the sage Rsyaśrnga was lured away to the capital of Romapāda and married to his adopted daughter, Śāntā. 

A dialogue between Emperor Daśaratha and Sumantra.

The King's proposal to perform a horse-sacrifice for being blessed with a son and the acclamation of the counsellors and other Brāhmanas.

The virtue and upright conduct of the eight ministers of Emperor Daśaratha.