The lament of Rāvana’s consorts.

Vibhīsana bursts into a lament and Śrī Rāma comforts him and asks him to perform the obsequies in relation to his deceased eldest brother.

Rāvana’s death at Śrī Rāma’s hands.

Fierce encounter of Śrī Rāma with Rāvana.

Catching sight of Rāvana’s chariot, Śrī Rāma asks Mātali to be on his guard. A description of portents prognosticating the fall of Rāvana and good omens predicting the victory of Śrī Rāma.

Sage Agastya advises Śrī Rāma to recite the ‘Āditya-Hrdaya’, a collection of verses in praise of the sun-god, with a view to gaining victory.

Rāvana reproaches the charioteer and the latter after satisfying his master with his reply drives his chariot back to the battlefield.

Śrī Rāma upbraids Rāvana, who, when wounded by the former is removed from the battlefield by his charioteer.

Seated in a chariot sent by Indra (the ruler of gods), Śrī Rāma renews his combat with Rāvana.

Śrī Rāma laments over the precarious condition of Laksmana. The latter regains consciousness under the treatment of the monkey Susena with the help of a herb brought at his instance all the way from the Himālaya mountain by Hanumān.