सर्गः २६
In which sleepless Rāma mourns abducted Sītā on Prasravaṇa hill while Lakṣmaṇa rekindles his valour, and Rāma vows autumn destruction of Rāvaṇa.
Rāma moves with Lakṣmaṇa to Prasravaṇa hill cave — Rāma dwells joyless remembering dearer-than-life wife — Rāma spends moonlit nights sleepless in grief — Lakṣmaṇa shares grief urging abandoning sorrow — Lakṣmaṇa declares Rāma can overturn earth and Rāvaṇa — Lakṣmaṇa offers waking sleeping valor like ash-covered fire — Rāma praises loyal Lakṣmaṇa speech abandoning grief — Rāma rouses valor awaiting rains to kill Rāvaṇa with kin — Lakṣmaṇa rejoices urging spending rains restraining anger