Hanuman tells Sri Rama, how Sita expressed her doubt in the first instance about a monkey being able to leap across a vast sea and how her doubt was resolved by him.

Recitation: 00:00 - 05:10

Translation: 05:13 - 12:00

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Hanuman reproduces at length the incident connected with a crow that took place during the sojourn of Sita with Sri Rama at Chitrakoota, related by her by way of a token, and further describes her piteous lament and the way in which she was comforted by Hanuman.

Recitation: 00:00 - 07:24

Translation: 07:27 - 17:43

Pressing to his bosom the jewel for the head sent by Sita and piteously wailing in many ways, Sri Rama urges Hanuman to repeat the message of Sita.

Recitation: 00:00 - 02:47

Translation: 02:51 - 07:06

Asked by Sri Rama to tell him the news about Sita, Hanuman apprises Sri Rama of her presence at the foot of a Shimshapa tree in the midst of ogresses and delivers her message after narrating the incidents related by her as a token.

Recitation: 00:00 - 04:52

Translation: 04:56 - 11:38

Returning to Madhuvana as commanded by Sugriva, and craving the forgiveness of Angada, Dadhimukha submits to the latter that he is urgently summoned by Sugriva. Set out in the company of Hanuman and others, and approaching Sugriva, Prince Angada apprises Sri Rama, after saluting him, of the discovery of Sita and other events.

Recitation: 00:00 - 07:27

Translation: 07:31 - 17:21

Having heard from the mouth of Dadhimukha the story of Madhivana having been laid waste by the monkeys, Sugriva concludes from the jubilation of the monkeys that Sita has been traced out. Comforting Dadhimukha, he asks him to send Angada and others without delay.

Recitation: 00:00 - 05:50

Translation: 05:53 - 13:40

Having entered Madhuvana and partaken of honey, as permitted by Hanuman, and singing and dancing like drunken people, the monkeys were forbidden by those guarding the grove and they belaboured the latter. Repulsed by them, the guards reported the matter to their leader, Dadhimukha, who appeared on the scene with his entourage and on remonstrating with the monkeys was thrashed by Angada, who dashed him to the ground. The guards headed by Dadhimukha then move en masse to Kishkindha to report the matter to Sugriva and bow down at the latter's feet.

Recitation: 00:00 - 06:25

Translation: 06:30 - 15:00

Set out from the Mahendra mountain in the direction of Kishkindha, the monkeys halt at Madhuvana, a grove guarded by the monkey Dadhimukha and most beloved of Sugriva, which falls on their way. When the monkeys began to enjoy the fruits of the grove with the permission of Prince Angada, Dadhimukha, comes in their way and is lacerated with their claws and teeth.

Recitation: 00:00 - 04:38

Translation: 04:42 - 10:27

Feeling encouraged by the tributes paid to his valour by his fellow monkeys, Price Angada undertakes to exterminate the entire ogre race including Ravana and bring back Sita from Lanka. Jambavan, however, who is more sagacious and practical-minded, discourages him by recourse to potent counter-arguments.

Recitation: 00:00 - 03:39

Translation: 03:43 - 09:12

Picturing to his fellow monkeys the said plight of Sita, and feeling that it behoved them all to see Sri Rama only after recovering Sita from Lanka, recounting the past heroic exploits of Jambavan and others, Hanuman incites them all to have recourse to the arbitrament of war.

Recitation: 00:00 - 05:33

Translation: 05:37 - 13:41