Asit

First appears: Book I, Canto 70 · The Maidens Sought

In Book I, Canto 70, Bharat (son of Dhruvasandhi) begot Asit. After his royal foes defeated him, Asit fled his kingdom and went with his two wives to the Himálaya, where he died in exile.

In the same canto, Asit’s wife Kálindí, long bereaved of him, bore their son Sagar. Book II, Canto 110, also recounts Asit’s defeat and flight from his kingdom.

Relationship record

Life events

• Asit fled his kingdom and later died in exile.(Book I, Canto 70 · The Maidens Sought · 📍 Himálaya)
  • “Long time he strove, but forced to yield Fled from his kingdom and the field. With his two wives away he fled Where high Himálaya lifts his head, And, all his wealth and glory past, He paid the dues of Fate at last.”
• Asit was forced to flee his kingdom after his royal foes defeated him.(Book II, Canto 110 · The Sons Of Ikshváku)
  • “Long time he strove, but forced to yield Fled from his kingdom and the field.”

Book I, Canto 70 · The Maidens Sought

• parent: Bharat (son of Dhruvasandhi) “The warrior Asit he begot.”
• child: Sagar “Sagar she called her darling boy.”
• married with Kálindí (The passage identifies Kálindi as the queen who bore the son and Asit as the husband.) “And, of her husband long bereaved, She bore a son by him conceived.”

Book II, Canto 110 · The Sons Of Ikshváku

• parent: Bharat (son of Dhruvasandhi) “Against his son King Asit, rose In fierce array his royal foes,”
• child: Sagar “Back to her home she turned once more, And there her promised son she bore.”
• married with Kálindí “Then came the other widowed queen With lotus eyes and beauteous mien,”

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Extracted from the original text of The Rámáyan of Válmíki. Made with Rho MD.