How Did King Dashratha Die?
King Dashratha was king of Kosala and his capital was Ayodhya. Dashratha had three main queens- Kaushalya, Kaikeyi, and Sumitra. King had no children and therefore he went to his Guru Sage Vashisth to request children.
Sage Vashisth arranged for a yagya which was conducted by Sage Shringi. At the end of the yagya, fire god appeared and gave a bowl full of kheer.The kheer was shared by all the queens and over time they gave birth to sons.
Kaushalya gave birth to Lord Rama, Kaikeyi to Bharata and Sumitra to Laxman and Shatrughan. King Dashratha had given a promise of two boons to Kaikeyi because she saved his life during a war with demons. When Rama grew up Dashratha decided to make him the king.
But provoked by her servant Manthra, Kaikeyi asked the two boons. One to give kingdom to Bharata and second to send Rama to forest for fourteen years. This event gave so much pain to Dashratha that he die.
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