सर्गः ९
In which Sumālin weds Kaikasī to Viśravas at a dread hour, she bears ten-headed Rāvaṇa with giant and righteous brothers, and jealousy drives him to penance.
Sumālin roams mortals with nubile Kaikasī — Sumālin sees glorious Vaiśravaṇa on Puṣpaka — Sumālin bids daughter choose Viśravas herself — Kaikasī approaches fire-tending Viśravas bowed — Viśravas foretells cruel sons from dread hour — Kaikasī wins righteous last son boon — Father names ten-headed infant Daśagrīva amid dire omens — Huge Kumbhakarṇa devours seers, hideous Śūrpaṇakhā follows, righteous Vibhīṣaṇa studies — Kaikasī spurs Rāvaṇa to match Vaiśravaṇa — Rāvaṇa vows supremacy and seeks Gōkarṇa penance