सर्गः २८
In which spies map Laṅkā gates and Rāma arrays Nīla and Aṅgada and Hanumān for assault
Rāma confers with Lakṣmaṇa and Sugrīva and Vibhīṣaṇa — Vibhīṣaṇa reports bird spies marked guards at every gate — Vibhīṣaṇa counts elephants and chariots and crores of foes — Rāma sends Nīla east and Aṅgada south — Rāma sends Hanumān west and takes north himself — Rāma posts Sugrīva and Jāmbavān and Vibhīṣaṇa centrally — Rāma sets monkey shape as sign and advances