Rama was not supposed to be a god in the original epic; he was meant to be the ideal man.
They added a sequel and a prequel to the story to force a cosmological narrative because Rama was ripe for deification.
Picrel is an excerpt from a translation I'm working on.

Rama shat onto the dirt and jeets were made off.

>>40620111 (OP)
read the excerpt. Post the whole thing when complete. Reading it gave me a sense of serenity.