In plain words
So you are not the body, not the mind, not the Buddhi. You are you. We must strive to recognise this truth.
The putrakāmeṣṭi rite, and the birth of Śrī Rāma
Tomorrow is Śrī Rāma Navamī, the birthday of Śrī Rāma. A story goes with it. In the Tretā age King Daśaratha married Kausalyā, daughter of the king of Kosala. In time a daughter was born to them. Her name was Śāntā. Daśaratha gave her in adoption to his friend Romapāda. Daśaratha hoped to have a son. But after that no child was born to him again. By the law of those days, to marry a second time one had to have the consent of the first wife. With Kausalyā’s consent Daśaratha married Sumitrā. But no child was born to her either. So King Daśaratha went on grieving greatly. One day news came from somewhere. Someone advised him that the daughter of the king of Kekaya was very beautiful and that he should marry her. Daśaratha met the king of Kekaya and told him everything. He was not one to speak untruth. “There is no Dharma higher than Satya”: so he laid out all the facts as they were. Then the king of Kekaya: “Daśaratha! You have two wives. They have no children. Now you ask for my daughter as your third wife. I will give you my daughter. But you must crown only the son born to my daughter,” and he laid down this condition. Daśaratha gave his word that he would surely do so. Mantharā, who was right there, heard it. Mantharā was Kaikeyī’s chief maid.
So Daśaratha was married to Kaikeyī. Happily they returned to Ayodhyā. But however long it was, no child was born to Kaikeyī either. Then, urged by everyone, Daśaratha undertook the putrakāmeṣṭi sacrifice. Śāntā and her husband Ṛṣyaśṛṅga both came and performed this auspicious rite. From that sacred fire a great being arose, placed a vessel of pāyasa in Daśaratha’s hand and vanished.