Bala Kanda (Sanskrit {IAST|bālakāṇḍa}, the book of the childhood) is the first book of the Valmiki Ramayana, which is one of the two great epic poems of India (the other being the Mahabharata). ==Structure== The book consists of 76 sargas (sometimes translated as chapters or cantos) of Sanskrit verse. ==Summary== The Bala kanda begins with t...