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1. What word does the Ramayana begin with?

Om

2. What work does the Ramayana follow after?

The Bhagavad-Gita.

3. What does Sauti say that Rama is beyond?

Time

4. Who is Rama descended from?

The sun

5. What brings Valmiki out of the anthill?

Sita

6. What does the narrator say the world’s first verse of poetry was born from?

Pity

7. In what did Valmiki see Rama’s life?

A handful of water

8. How do humans win favors from gods in the Ramayana?

By acquiring merit

9. Who did Indra fight in the Battle of Heaven?

Ravan

10. In what way is Ravana vulnerable?

A human can kill him

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