With joy unbounded, Dasaratha received the bowl as he would receive a child and distributed the paayasam to his three wives, Kausalya, Sumitra and Kaikeyi. He asked Kausalya to drink a half of the paayasam and he gave a half of what remained to Sumitra. Half of what was then left was drunk by Kaikeyi, and what remained was given to Sumitra again. Dasaratha's wives were happy, even as a, beggar suddenly coming upon buried treasure. And in due -curse all of them were expectant mothers.
The birth of Ram
