Invocations

Jayanta’s mischief and punishment

Meeting with the sage Atri and his hymn of praise to Śrī Rāma

Sītā’s meeting with Anasūyā (Atri’s wife) and the latter’s discourse on the duties of a devoted wife

Śrī Rāma proceeds further and kill Virādha; the episode of the sage Śarabhaṅga

Śrī Rāma takes a vow to kill the demons

Sutīkṣṇa’s love and Śrī Rāma’s meeting with the sage Agastya; dialogue with Agastya; Śrī Rāma’s entry into the Daṇḍaka forest and His meeting with Jaṭāyu

The story of Śūrpaṇakhā; her approaching Khara, Dūṣaṇa and Triśirā for redress and their subsequent death at Śrī Rāma’s hands

Śūrpaṇakhā approaches Rāvaṇa; Sītā enters into the fire leaving Her shadow behind

The episode of Mārīca and how he was killed in the form of a gold deer

Sītā’s abduction and Her wail

The combat of Jaṭāyu with Rāvaṇa

Śrī Rāma’s lament; His meeting with Jaṭāyu

Grace on Śabarī; a discourse on the nine forms of Devotion and departure for the Pampā lake

A description of the spring; Nārada’s meeting with Śrī Rāma

The glory of hearing the praises of Śrī Rāma and an exhortation to cultivate fellowship with saints and practise adoration