Gods interrupt the amorous pastimes of Lord Śiva and His Consort, Goddess Umā, on which She curses gods, including Mother Earth.

Crossing the Sona, Viśwāmitra and party reach the bank of the holy Gangā and spend the night there. Requested by Śrī Rāma, he narrates the story of the origin of the Gangā.

Kuśanābha performs a sacrifice for the birth of a son and is blessed with one, Gādhi by name; the glory of the river Kauśikī (the modern Kosi in Bihar).

Kuśanābha applauds the forbearance and forgiveness of his daughters; the story of the birth of Brahmadatta and his marriage with Kuśanābha’s daughters.

An account of the four sons of Kuśa; the hundred daughters of Kuśanābha turn hunch-backed under a curse of the wind-god.

Accompanied by Śrī Rāma, Laksmana and a host of Rsis, Sage Viśwāmitra proceeds northward in the direction of Mithilā to witness the bow-sacrifice of King Janaka and breaks his journey on the bank of the Sona at sunset.

Śrī Rāma protects the sacrifice of Viśwāmitra against the onslaught of the Rāksasas and gets rid of them.

Viśwāmitra tells Śrī Rāma the history of Siddhāśrama and arrives at his own hermitage with the two brothers.

At the request of Śrī Rāma the sage Viśwāmitr instructs him as well as Laksmana in the process of calling back the missiles and delivers some more missiles to them.

Gratified with the death of Tātakā, Viśwāmitra imparts to Śrī Rāma the knowledge of the various missiles.