Laksmana punishes Ayomukhī. Falling a prey to the grip of Kabandha, Rāma and Laksmana give way to anxiety.

Jatāyu gives up the ghost and is cremated by Śrī Rāma.

Śrī Rāma and Laksmana meet Jatāyu and, embracing the vulture, Śrī Rāma bursts into a wail.

Laksmana seeks to inspire Śrī Rāma with courage.

Laksmana consoles Śrī Rāma.

Śrī Rāma and Laksmana carry on the search for Sītā; Śrī Rāma gives vent to his grief over her disappearance; catching a hint from the deer, the two brothers proceed in a southerly direction; Śrī Rāma shows his anger towards the mountain; descrying the flowers dropped from the person of Sītā and particles of her ornaments as well as the vestiges of an encounter, Śrī Rāma ventilates his anger towards all the three worlds including gods.

Śrī Rāma's lament continues.

Rāma's Lament.

The quest of Śrī Råma and Laksmana for Sītā; not finding her, Śrī Rāma gets unnerved.

Uttering a loud wail Śrī Rāma inquires of the trees the whereabouts of Sītā, cries like one distracted and looks about for her again and again.