सर्गः १ — In which Hanumān vows success, leaps the ocean, outwits Maināka rest, Surasā mouth, and Siṃhikā shadow, and sights Laṅkā
सर्गः २ — In which Hanumān beholds golden Laṅkā, deems it impregnable even to gods, and enters cat-small at nightfall
सर्गः ३ — In which Hanumān enters lamp-lit Laṅkā, judges it impregnable, takes heart from Rāma, and passes songs and guards into Rāvaṇa palace
सर्गः ४ — In which moonlit Laṅkā revels while Hanumān scans noble houses and grieves missing slender Sītā
सर्गः ५ — In which Hanumān leaps from chief to chief through jewelled Laṅkā and returns to wine-scented Rāvaṇa palace
सर्गः ६ — In which Hanumān admires Maya-built Puṣpaka glowing like heaven yet finds no Jānakī and sorrows
सर्गः ७ — In which Hanumān climbs Puṣpaka and enters wine-scented hall where Rāvaṇa sleeps moonlike among thousand tangled wives
सर्गः ८ — In which Hanumān inspects breathing Rāvaṇa and instrument-clasping wives before joyfully mistaking Mandōdarī for Sītā
सर्गः ९ — In which Hanumān, sure Sītā cannot revel apart from Rāma, scans Rāvaṇa drink hall and doubts gazing dharma
सर्गः १० — In which Hanumān, missing Sītā and dreading Sugrīva, embraces non-despair and searches every corner anew
सर्गः ११ — In which Hanumān, missing Sītā after combing Laṅkā, fears Rāma and all monkeys will die on ill news and vows renewed search in Aśōkavana
सर्गः १२ — In which Hanumān enters bird-loud Aśōkavana, admires jeweled ponds and palaces, climbs a golden Śiṃśapā, and watches for Sītā
सर्गः १३ — In which Hanumān, hid in blossoms, finds fasting Sītā ringed by Rākṣasīs, proves her by jewels and sari, and praises Rāma delighted
सर्गः १४ — In which Hanumān recalls Vālin and Janasthāna hosts slain for Sītā, prizes her above three worlds, and sits hidden in the tree
सर्गः १५ — In which moonrise lights grief-laden Sītā among wine-drinking Rākṣasīs while hidden Hanumān weeps with joy and bows to Rāma
सर्गः १६ — In which lust-maddened Rāvaṇa, unable to hide desire, parades lamplit into Aśōkavana with a hundred wives toward waiting Sītā
सर्गः १७ — In which Rāvaṇa nears cowering Sītā, who trembles plantain-like, sits eclipsed in similes, and prays joined-palms for his defeat
सर्गः १८ — In which Rāvaṇa offers chief queenship, jewels, and seashore sports, vaunts victories over gods and asuras, and scorns bark-clad Rāma as lost
सर्गः १९ — In which Sītā, straw-barricaded, rejects Rāvaṇa, claims sunlight-like oneness with Rāma, and foretells arrow ruin with no escape
सर्गः २० — In which Rāvaṇa gives Sītā two months before the kitchen, sets Rākṣasī guards to break her, and departs led off by Dhānyamālinī
सर्गः २१ — In which Ravana departs after charging the guards, while Ekajata and Harijata praise his birth and triumphs to win Sita.
सर्गः २२ — In which Sita defies the rakshasis clinging to Rama, while Vinata coaxes and Vikata, Chandodari, Praghasa, Ajamukhi, and Shurpanakha crave her flesh.
सर्गः २३ — In which Sita, spurned by the guards and scorched by grief, clings to an ashoka bough and wails for Rama and home.
सर्गः २४ — In which Sita scorns Ravana, recalls Rama destroying Viradha and fourteen thousand demons, and foretells Lanka burning as widowed ruin.
सर्गः २५ — In which aged Trijata forbids eating Sita and tells a dream of Rama enthroned, Ravana dragged south, and Lanka sunk and burnt.
सर्गः २६ — In which Sita, deeming Rama dead or faithless and her two months spent, knots her braid for death as omens stir.
सर्गः २७ — In which left eye, arm, and thigh throbbing and slipping garment cheer Sita till her face shines like the moon from eclipse.
सर्गः २८ — In which Hanuman, having spied Lanka and found Sita, weighs comforting her against capture, ruin, and her suicide.
सर्गः २९ — In which Hanuman from the boughs tells of Dasaratha and Rama, exiled with wife and brother, robbed by Ravana, till Sita wonders.
सर्गः ३० — In which Sita mistakes Hanuman for a forbidden monkey dream, faints, reasons herself awake, and prays his tidings prove true.
सर्गः ३१ — In which Hanuman finds weeping Sita at her tree, hears her exile, devotion, and abduction, and learns two months bound her life
सर्गः ३२ — In which Hanuman brings Rama greetings, Sita fears shape-shifting Ravana, and Hanuman praises Rama and owns his ocean leap
सर्गः ३३ — In which Sita demands Rama marks, Hanuman details his form, alliance, Valin death, Sampati guidance, and ocean leap
सर्गः ३४ — In which Hanuman shows Rama ring, Sita praises his ocean feat, and grills him on Rama grief, allies, and coming rescue
सर्गः ३५ — In which Sita pleads hurry before two months lapse, rejects Hanuman back flight, and claims Rama alone must kill Ravana and fetch her
सर्गः ३६ — In which Hanuman gains Sita trust, hears crow mercy and Brahma shaft proof, and takes her crest jewel for Rama
सर्गः ३७ — In which Sita sends welfare and rescue pleas, doubts sea crossing, and Hanuman promises leaping hosts and Rama at Lanka gate
सर्गः ३८ — In which Sita seals trust with crow and tilaka signs, allows one month of life, and sends Hanuman north to fetch Rama
सर्गः ३९ — In which Hanuman judges valor alone fits rakshasas, smashes the lovely grove, and takes the arch to force battle
सर्गः ४० — In which guards report the smashed grove, Ravana looses eighty thousand Kinkaras, and Hanuman bars them to death
सर्गः ४१ — In which Hanumān climbs the shrine, roars Rāma victory, kills a hundred guards with a pillar, and foretells Sugrīva hosts destroying Laṅkā
सर्गः ४२ — In which Jambumālī pierces Hanumān with arrows, Hanumān hurls rock and sāla in vain, and fells Jambumālī with a beam
सर्गः ४३ — In which seven minister sons rain arrows on Hanumān, Hanumān sports dodging in the sky, and crushes them barehanded
सर्गः ४४ — In which Rāvaṇa warns five generals of a mighty being, Hanumān kills all five leaders, and crushes their horse elephant chariot host
सर्गः ४५ — In which prince Akṣa duels Hanumān with arrows, Hanumān admires yet resolves to kill, and whirls Akṣa to death
सर्गः ४६ — In which Indrajit stalemates Hanumān, binds him with Brahmā weapon, and hauls his willing captive to Rāvaṇa court
सर्गः ४७ — In which bound Hanumān beholds ten headed Rāvaṇa blazing with jewels, women, and ministers, and muses on his mighty splendor
सर्गः ४८ — In which Prahasta grills Hanumān on divine masters, Hanumān owns his monkey birth, and demands to deliver Rāma message
सर्गः ४९ — In which Hanumān tells Rāma Sugrīva pact and leap, warns Sītā means Laṅkā doom, and Rāvaṇa orders his death
सर्गः ५० — In which Rāvaṇa orders Hanumān killed, Vibhīṣaṇa forbids envoy murder, and urges lawful punishment and war on princes
सर्गः ५१ — In which Rāvaṇa spares Hanumān death at Vibhīṣaṇa urging, burns his tail for parade, Sītā cools flame, and Hanumān breaks bonds to slay guards
सर्गः ५२ — In which Hanumān feeds his tail flame to golden houses, wind spreads world fire, and burnt Laṅkā falls while he quenches tail
सर्गः ५३ — In which Hanumān fears Sītā burnt, curses his rage, reasons her virtue shields fire, and Cāraṇas confirm she lives
सर्गः ५४ — In which Sītā demands Rāma fetch her with armies, Hanumān promises swift return, and leaps north crushing Ariṣṭa
सर्गः ५५ — In which Hanumān skims clouds homeward, Jāmbavān reads his roar as success, and tells of guarded fasting Sītā
सर्गः ५६ — In which Hanumān tells Maināka Surasā Siṃhikā trials, Sītā message and jewel, Kiṅkara slaughter, capture, tail fire, and Laṅkā burning
सर्गः ५७ — In which Hanumān calls Sītā world-burning in wrath, pictures her single-clad fasting guard, and demands action
सर्गः ५८ — In which Aṅgada vows alone to kill Rāvaṇa kin, touts monkey heroes, seeks Sītā seizure, and Jāmbavān checks him
सर्गः ५९ — In which monkeys leave Mahēndra, win honey leave, sing dance brawl drunk, and maul stopping guard Dadhimukha
सर्गः ६० — In which Aṅgada frees honey revel, guards fall beaten, and bloody Dadhimukha seeks Sugrīva with Rāma to punish pride
सर्गः ६१ — In which Dadhimukha wails over eaten Madhuvana and thrashed guards, while Sugrīva reads success, forgives the deed, and longs for Hanumān tidings
सर्गः ६२ — In which Dadhimukha conveys Sugrīva pardon to Aṅgada troop, Sugrīva comforts Rāma that Sītā lives, and Hanumān lands to announce unharmed Sītā
सर्गः ६३ — In which returned monkeys bow to Rāma, Hanumān tells ocean leap and palace Sītā, and delivers crest jewel with one month to live warning
सर्गः ६४ — In which Rāma clasps the crest jewel, weeps like a cow for her calf, and begs Hanumān to retell Sītā words again and again
सर्गः ६५ — In which Hanumān retells crow Brahmā shaft proof, Sītā plea to kill Rāvaṇa, and his comfort sealed with crest jewel and welfare pleas
सर्गः ६६ — In which Sītā doubts ocean crossing and demands glorious rescue, and Hanumān promises leaping hosts and Rāma at Laṅkā gate
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