Chapter: 64 Hanuman at Kiṣkindha [Hanuman and other monkeys return back to Kiṣkindha and inform the good news of having found Sītā and her being virtuous.] Thus told by Sugrīva, at that time, the well pleased Dadimukha saluted Rāghava, Lakṣmaṇa and Sugrīva. 1 After saluting the very strong Rāghava and Sugrīva, he rose up in the sky along with his

Chapter: 65 Hanuman’s Chūḍa maṇi Presentation [Hanuman then tells about the state of Sītā and the messages sent by her and gave the hair brooch which was the memento given by her.] They reached the Prasravaṇa Mountains with its very peculiar forests and again saluted with bowed head the very strong Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa and Sugrīva and keeping their crown prince

Chapter: 66 Rāma's Chūḍa maṇi Narration [Rāma is upset to know about Sītā and asks Hanuman to tell in detail what has been told by her. The pearl brooch brings to him memories of her, his father and father in law.] Rāma, the son of Dasaratha who was with Lakṣmaṇa after being thus spoken by Hanuman embraced the pearl brooch

Chapter: 67 Hanuman’s Narration of Sītā’s Message [Hanuman again details the pitiable state of affairs of Sītā. He also indicates the several doubts arising in her mind due to her not seeing any action from the part of Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa.] Having been told by Rāma like this, Hanuman informed him the full message of Sītā to Rāghava, the great

Chapter: 68 Hanuman’s Further Narration [Hanuman further relates about doubts in Sītā's mind and how he gave a pep talk and encouraged her.] "Hey lion among men, I, who was in a haste to return because of the love and nearness that I had with you, was praised by the holy lady and ordered thus about the future steps to

Section: VI Yuddha Kāṇda [War Section] [The book starts with gathering of monkey army, going to the ocean and building a bridge across it and ends with the crowning of Lord Rāma as king of Ayodhyā. The Kāṇda starts with Rāma deciding to go to Lanka to kill Rāvaṇa and ends with the coronation of Rāma in Ayodhyā. The great

2. Sugrīva Encourages Rāma [Sugrīva praises Rāma and tells him that he would cross the sea and kill Rāvaṇa . He points out the need for building a bridge across the sea. He is confident that his monkey would crush Rāvaṇa 's Lanka.] Then Sugrīva, the destroyer of sorrows told the following words to the greatly sorrowing Rāma who was

3. Hanuman Describes Lanka [Having decided on a war Rāma wants to find out the strength and weaknesses of the city. Hanuman who has wandered all over the city, gives him accurate figures. He tells him that once the ocean is crossed they would be able to win the war.] Hearing the meaningful and very reasonable words of Sugrīva, the

4. Rāma and His Army Reach Ocean [Rāma and Sugrīva plan how to march with that huge army. Speedily marching without rest, they reached the shores of the ocean. They all sit there and decided to have a strategy meeting as to how to cross the ocean.] After hearing the words of Hanuman from the beginning, the lustrous Rāma who