सर्गः १०२
In which Vasiṣṭha soothes angry Rāma, recounts creation and Solar kings to Daśaratha, and asks Rāma to take the throne
Vasiṣṭha calms angry Rāma and explains Jābāli motive — Vasiṣṭha tells waters, Brahmā, boar lifting earth — Vasiṣṭha traces Brahmā through Marīci and Kaśyapa to Manu — Manu grants prosperous earth to Ikṣvāku first Ayōdhyā king — Vasiṣṭha lists descendants to Triśaṅku reaching heaven bodily — Vasiṣṭha tells Asita exile and Sagara poison birth — Vasiṣṭha names Sagara ocean digging and Aṃśumān to Bhagīratha line — Vasiṣṭha continues through Kakutstha and Raghu to Daśaratha — Vasiṣṭha hails Rāma eldest heir by custom and bids rule earth