सर्गः ९८
In which messengers report Rāma resolve, Śatrughna crowns two sons in Mathurā and Vaidīśa, rushes to Ayōdhyā, and vanaras seek to follow.
Messengers reach Mathurā in three days without halting — Messengers report Lakṣmaṇa loss Rāma vow sons crowning citizens following — Messengers name Kuśāvatī for Kuśa Śrāvatī for Lava and lonely Ayōdhyā — Śatrughna hears dreaded ruin and summons subjects and priest — Śatrughna tells all and his resolve with brothers — Śatrughna crowns Subāhu at Mathurā and Śatrughātin at Vaidīśa — Śatrughna divides Mādhurī army with wealth grain between kings — Śatrughna rushes alone to Ayōdhyā and bows to blazing Rāma — Śatrughna declares consecrated sons and resolve to follow Rāma — Vanaras seek to follow, Vibhīṣaṇa stays in Laṅkā, Hanumān lives, rest may follow Rāma