Invocations

Hanumān leaves for Laṅkā, meets Surasa and kills the image-catching demoness

Description of Laṅkā; Hanumān strikes Laṅkinī and enters Laṅkā

Hanumān meets Vibhīṣaṇa

Hanumān’s grief at the sight of Sītā in the Aśoka grove and Rāvaṇa’s threat to Sītā

Dialogue between Sītā and Trijaṭā

Dialogue between Sītā and Hanumān

Hanumān lays waste the Aśoka grove and kills prince Aksaya; at last Meghanāda entangles Hanumān in a noose of serpents and carries him off to Rāvaṇa’s court

Dialogue between Hanumān and Rāvaṇa

Burning of Laṅkā

After burning Laṅkā Hanumān asks leave of Sītā and obtains the crest-jewel from Her

On Hanumān’s reaching the opposite shore all the monkeys return and enter Madhuvana; their meeting with Sugrīva and the dialogue between Śrī Rāma and Hanumān

Śrī Rāma’s march to the beach alongwith the army of monkeys

Dialogue between Mandodarī and Rāvaṇa

Vibhīṣaṇa offers advice to Rāvaṇa and meets with an affront at the latter’s hands

Vibhīṣaṇa sallies forth to obtain Śrī Rāma’s protection and secures it

Deliberation over the question of crossing the sea; appearance of Śuka, a spy of Rāvaṇa, and his return with Lakṣmaṇa’s letter

The spy gives counsel to Rāvaṇa and delivers Lakṣmaṇa’s note to him

Śrī Rāma’s fury against the sea and the latter’s supplication