Sugreeva approaches Rama after the 4 months of rainy season. Rama is astonished to see a sea of Monkeys and feels humbled that they were ready to help him.
Angada and Hanuman are assigned to divide the army of monkeys into 4 groups to go in 4 different directions in search of Sita. By now, it was pretty evident that Sita was more likely to be on the south side.
Hanuman, Angada, Jambavanta were in the south side army. They look in every possible place. They finally end up in a cave that was brightly lit and were astonished to see the cave full of lovely fruits and honey. They monkey army was tired and hungry. They meet Swayam prabha, the lady in charge of the cave. She allows them to eat to their contempt.
They request her to let them out of the cave. That’s when she informs that there is no exit to the cave. But she knew Rama’s task of finding Sita and so helps them out to the sea side.
The entire army is demotivated as they hit the end of the road and find no other route to look for. They discuss Rama’s story and mention Jatayu’s name. Suddenly, they see a huge bird hopping towards them as he had no wings. The giant bird speaks to them and asks why Jatayu’s name was mentioned. He introduces himself as Sampati.
Sampati feels sad to hear the news of his brother Jatayu’s death. He helps the army by informing that he is able to see a lady in the far land, that she’s very upset and she’s constantly remembering Rama.
Sampati immediately gets his wings back and flies away to give last rites to his brother. The army is now hopeful again but is troubled with the fact that there is no one who could go to the far off land. Jambavanta finally reminds Hanuman on his boon of strength and that Hanuman is capable of flying that far. Hanumantha realises his strength, climbs the Mahendra parvata and left with a huge force and leaves to Lanka.
On his way, a Golden mountain starts emerging from the sea. Its called the Mynaka parvata. He’s the friend of Hanuman’s father. He requests Hanuman to eat something on the mountain and relax before proceeding on the journey. Hanuman refuses as he’s on Rama’s Mission.
He then encounters Surasa. She opens her mouth wide enough to eat up Hanuman. Hanuman reduces his size to the size of a bee and quickly escapes out of her mouth. Surasa appreciates the thinking capability of Hanuman.
During the onward journey, a Daemoness, Simhika, with a capability of pulling creatures by pulling their shadow, starts pulling Hanuman towards her to eat him up for lunch. But Hanuman was strong enough to fight and kill her. Therefore releasing her from a curse.
Hanuman completes the rest of his journey, a total of 300 miles in 4 hours to reach Trikoota Shikara.
He manages to get a glimpse of the city of Lanka from the mountain top. He wonders if this is the city of Indra, the King of Gods. The richness of the city is undeniable. He waited until sunset.
He reached the city of Lanka, reduces to a small monkey and was about to enter the City, when he was stopped by Lankini. A daemoness who was guarding it. She wouldn’t let even a fly pass through and was sure the catch Hanuman. She asked him a few questions and asked him to return back. Hanuman tries to negotiate his entry into the city but realises it’s a waste of time. She tries to attack him, which is when Hanuman grows to the size of a huge mountain and touches her on the forehead.
Lankini is unable to stand the touch and collapses. She quickly gains back consciousness and tells him that She’s now free from a curse and that Bramha had given her a boon. The day she gets defeated by a monkey would be the last day on this job and the first day of Lanka’s collapse. She thanks him and allows him in.
Hanuman is astonished and mesmerised by the beauty of the city… every pillar made of Gold and studded with expensive stones