सर्गः ८
In which Sugriva confesses Vali stole his wife and throne, and Rama vows to slay Vali this day.
Sugriva hails fire-made friendship as highest grace — Sugriva seats the brothers on sala branches — Sugriva tells living fearful and wifeless on Rishyamuka — Sugriva begs protection from world-feared Vali — Rama laughs and vows to kill the wife-stealer — Rama shows keen arrows like Indra thunderbolts — Sugriva weeps and tells deposition and wife seizure — Sugriva names elder Vali the foe barring his joy — Rama asks the quarrel cause to weigh strength