सर्गः १५
In which Viṣṇu agrees to slay Rāvaṇa in human form, choosing Daśaratha, whose rite yields divine payasa for three queens
Viṣṇu asks gods for means to kill Rāvaṇa — Gods bid Viṣṇu take human form and slay Rāvaṇa — Gods cite Brahmā boon sparing Rāvaṇa from all but humans — Viṣṇu chooses Daśaratha as father — Childless Daśaratha performs son-desiring rite — Fire-born being emerges bearing vessel of divine payasa — Being gives payasa for queens to eat and bear sons — Daśaratha honors vanishing being and divides payasa among Kausalyā, Sumitrā, Kaikēyī