The birth of Maharaj Dasharatha is a very wonderful event.

On the basis of mythological religious texts it is said that

Once the king was praying at noon.

At that time Ravana, the king of Lanka, came to fight them and was watching from a distance to worship him. King Aja worshiped Lord Shiva and instead of offering water in front, he threw it behind.

Ravana was very surprised to see this. And before the battle, he came in front of King Aja and started asking that after worshiping, the consecration of water is always done at the front and not at the back, what is the reason behind this. King Aja said, when I was worshiping Lord Shiva in meditation posture with my eyes closed, then I saw a cow grazing in the forest one yojana away from here and I saw that a lion was about to attack it, then I saw the cow. To protect the body, the consecration of water was done backwards.

Ravana was very surprised to hear this.

Ravana went there one yojana away and saw a cow grazing on green grass while the lion had many arrows stuck in his stomach. Now Ravana believed that arrows are made from the water of that great man. And without any means to achieve the goal, the goal is missed, it is very impossible to win over such a brave man and he returns to Lanka without fighting with them.

Once when King Aj went for a walk in the forest, he saw a very beautiful lake. There was a lotus flower in that lake which looked very beautiful.

To get that lotus, King Aj went to the lake, but the closer King Aj went to the lotus, the more it moved away from him and King Aj could not catch that lotus.

Finally, a voice from the sky said, O king, you are childless and are not worthy of this lotus. This prophecy had struck a terrible blow in the heart of King Aja.

King Aja returned to his palace and became worried because he did not have a child even though he was a great devotee of Lord Shiva.

Lord Shiva took his concern into consideration. And he called Dharamraj and said that you should send a Brahmin to the city of Ayodhya so that King Aj can have chances of having a child.

Far away, a poor Brahmin and a Brahmin lived in a hut on the banks of the Saryu river.

One day he went to the court of Brahmin king Aja and told him about his plight and started begging for alms.

King Aj wanted to give him gold coins from his treasury but he refused saying that he was not a Brahmin and said that it belonged to the people, give him whatever you have. Then King Aj took off the necklace from his neck and started giving it to the Brahmin but the Brahmin He refused saying that this is also the property of the people.

In this way, King Aj felt very sad that today a poor Brahmin was leaving his court empty handed. Then King Aj disguised himself as a laborer in the evening and went out for some work in the city.

On his way, he reaches a blacksmith’s place and without revealing his identity, he politely starts working there. He works with a hammer the whole night, in exchange for which he gets one taka in the morning.

The king reached the Brahmin’s house with one taka but there was no Brahmin there. He gave that one taka to the Brahmin’s wife and asked her to give it to the Brahmin.

When the Brahmin came, the Brahmin’s wife gave that taka to the Brahmin and the Brahmin threw that taka on the ground, then a surprising incident happened. A pit was formed where the Brahmin had thrown the taka. The Brahmin dug the pit further and a golden chariot came out of it and went towards the sky. After this the Brahmin dug further and another golden chariot came out and went towards the sky. From, nine golden chariots came out

And they went towards the sky and when the tenth chariot came, there was a child on it and that chariot came to rest on the ground.

The Brahmin took that child to the court of King Aja and said, “King, please accept this son, this is your son who was born from a taka.”

And along with it, nine golden chariots emerged which went into the sky while this child emerged on the tenth chariot, hence this chariot and the son are yours. This is how Dasharatha ji was born.

The real name of Maharaj Dashrath was Manu and he could take his chariot in ten directions, that is why he became famous by the name Dashrath..!!