56. Hanuman Kills Akampana [Seeing that Akampana is killing lot of monkeys and they are not able to face him, Hanuman starts opposing Akampana. A great war ensues between them and Hanuman kills Akampana. All people honour him.] Seeing the extremely good work done by the great monkeys in the battle-field Akampana got in to fierce anger and intensified the

57. Rāvaṇa Sends Prahasta [Rāvaṇa decides to send Prahasta to the battle field. He tells Rāvaṇa that he should have returned Sītā. With a huge army, in spite of bad omens, he comes out of the eastern gate.] When he heard about the killing of Akampana, the king of Rākṣasas after becoming very angry, with a depressed face looked over

58. Nila Kills Prahasta [Prahasta caused havoc in the monkey army by killing huge number of monkeys. Nila, the commander-in-chief of the monkey army, fought with him with great valour and killed him. Rāma and others appreciated him.] Seeing Prahasta coming out prepared for the war, Rāma with a smile asked Vibhīṣaṇa the destroyer of enemies. 58.1 "Who is this

59. Rāvaṇa Enters Battle Field [After Prahasta was killed, Rāvaṇa himself enters the battle field. He sent back his commanders, sons and brothers to guard the fort. He hurts or killed large number of monkey chiefs. Lakṣmaṇa who fought with him was greatly wounded by his spear. Rāma fought and defeated him but spared his life at that time and

60. Kumbhakarṇa Woken Up [When Rāvaṇa sees there is no other go, he orders people to wake up Kumbhakarṇa. With lot of difficulty he is woken up. After satiating his great hunger and thirst he comes to meet Rāvaṇa. Seeing him from outside the city, the monkey army is greatly scared.] That king entered the city of Lanka after with

61. Vibhīṣaṇa Tells About Kumbhakarṇa [When Rāma asks about him, Vibhīṣaṇa tells that Kumbhakarṇa is his elder brother. Right from childhood due to his great hunger he used to eat large number of animals and men. Indra fought with him and was defeated. Then Brahma cursed him that he would forever sleep. When Rāvaṇa requested he modified the curse saying

62. Rāvaṇa's Request to Kumbhakarṇa [Rāvaṇa explains the difficult situation created by the arrival of Rāma and the monkey army. He requests Kumbhakarṇa to help him.] Then that great Rākṣasa along with drowsiness of sleep marched through the royal avenue full of royal dignity. 62.1 That one who is extremely difficult to be defeated surrounded by thousands of Rākṣasas started

63. Kumbhakarṇa's Advice to Rāvaṇa [Kumbhakarṇa tells Rāvaṇa that he should have taken heed to advice of Vibhīṣaṇa. Rāvaṇa gets angry. Kumbhakarṇa promises to kill Rāma as well as the monkey army.] Hearing to that lamentations of the king of Rākṣasas, Kumbhakarṇa laughed loudly and then told him. 63.1 "In the ministerial advisory meeting, the same bad result was foreseen

64. Mahodhara's Advice to Rāvaṇa [Mahodhara tells Kumbhakarṇa that what he told Rāvaṇa was impolite. He also tells him that he should not go to the nettle alone. He then tells a plan to deceive Sītā and make her believe that Rāma has been killed.] Hearing those words of the very strong Kumbhakarṇa with a huge body, Mahodhara told. 64.1