After the marriage, Rama came to Ayodhya. King Dashrath decided to appoint him an heir apparent and coronate him. Just then queen Kaikeyi’s maid servant Manthra insinuated her, “If Rama will become the king, then your son Bharat will remain his servant and your status will be that of a maid.” Due to Manthra’s deception, Kaikeyi asked for two promises from King Dashrath. The first one was that instead of Rama, Bharat should be coroneted and the second was to send Rama on exile for fourteen years. King Dashrath could not break his vow so he was forced to agree to Kaikeyi’s terms and conditions. Rama left for the jungle to keep up to his father’s promise. Sita and Lakshman also accompanied him. Perplexed with Rama’s separation, Dashrath died.
While dwelling in the forest, Lanka King Ravana kidnapped Sita. While moving around in search of Sita, Rama reached the Kishkindha city where he met Monkey King Sugriv. Sugriv’s brother Bali had thrown him and his wife out of the state and taken possession of the state. When Rama came to know about this, he killed Bali. Rama and Sugriv became friends. Sugriv sent monkeys in search of Sita. Hanuman reached Lanka and searched for Sita, when he met Sita, he told her that he was Rama’s devotee. Hanuman met Sita in the Ashok Vatika in Lanka where Sita was held captive. There, he had a fight with a few demons. Hanuman, with a trick became captive. Hanuman’s tail was ignited on Ravan’s order. With that same fire, Hanuman burnt the Lanka city and returned to Shri Rama and gave him the news of Sita. Under the leadership of Rama, Sugriv formed an army of monkeys and attacked Lanka. A fierce battle was fought. In the war, Ravana’s brother Kumbhkarna and son Meghnad were killed. In the end, Shri Rama killed Ravana too. He returned to Ayodhya with Sita. The people of Ayodhya were very happy and Rama was crowned the King. The deities praised Rama.

The story of Ram avatar (Rama’s incarnation) got over. After telling these stories of Vishnu’s incarnation, Sandipani educated Krishna and Balram on protecting their religion. Later he gave them the knowledge of divine power. He also gave them extra knowledge to travel in the form of a minute body (astral travel).
Guru Sandipani was very sad. His son had drowned in the ocean and due to this he and his wife were very sad. Krishna consoled his teacher and told him, “May be your son Punardatt has not died and with the flow of water he drifted along the coast somewhere. Please be patient, I promise you, I will get back your son one day. This will be the Gurudakshina (fees paid to a spiritual preceptor) from me.” On hearing this, the guru and his wife were consoled. Krishna went to the sea coast and called for the sea God; who manifested and told Krishna that his teacher’s son had been taken away by a demon named Panchanan into the Patal lok (the netherland).