Śrīmad Vālmīki Rāmāyana (English Translation)

Śrī Rāma and others remain hiding behind the trees of a grove in the vicinity of Kiskindhā, Sugrīva implores Śrī Rāma to implement his vow of killing Vālī. Assuring Sugrīva that this will be done, Śrī Rāma encourages the latter to go and challenge his elder brother and Sugrīva does accordingly.

While going to Kiskindhā alongwith Sugrīva and others with intent to make short work of Vālī, Śrī Rāma sees a delightful grove and inquires of Sugrīva as to whose hermitage it was. Sugrīva tells him in reply that the hermitage belonged to a group of sages known by the name of Saptajanas, who had bodily ascended to heaven.

Amazed to behold Śrī Rāma's arrow re-enter his quiver after piercing all the seven sal trees and penetrating the bowels of the earth, and applauding Śrī Rāma, Sugrīva implores him to make short work of Vālī. Sending Sugrīva to challenge Vālī to a combat, Śrī Rāma sits in hiding behind a tree. When a passage at arms commenced with Vālī who would not brook a challenge, Śrī Rāma did not hit Vālī...

With a view to ascertaining Śrī Rāma's actual strength, Sugrīva expatiates on the prowess of Vālī and tells him how Māyāvī's brother, the demon Dundubhi too challenged him to a duel and how, having made short work of him, Vālī listlessly hurled his dead body crossing over to the precincts of the hermitage of Sage Matanga, and how the site of the hermitage having been desecrated with blood,...

While giving out the reasons of his hostility with Vālī, Sugrīva tells Śrī Rāma how in spite of his trying to pacify his elder brother, the latter exiled him.

Sugrīva tells Śrī Rāma how challenged to a duel at dead of night by a demon, Māyāvī by name, who owed him a grudge on the score of a woman, Vālī sallied forth with Sugrīva and following at the heels of the demon, who ran away on seeing him, and reaching the mouth of a cave, asked Sugrīva on oath to stay out, himself entering the cave. Since Vālī did not come out for a whole year and as from a conf...

Congratulating himself as well as his near and dear ones on his having secured the friendship of Śrī Rāma, and sitting on a common bough alongwith the latter, Sugrīva seeks protection from Vālī. Dilating once more on the wrongs done to him by Vālī in the shape of wresting his wife and so on, he solicits Vālī's death at the hands of Śrī Rāma. Asked to account for this hostile attitude of Vālī,...

Consoled by Sugrīva with the assurance that, even though ignorant of the abode of that vile ogre who bore away Sītā, he would see that Śrī Rāma is reunited with her; Śrī Rāma compliments him and promises to kill Vālī.

Telling Śrī Rāma that he had come to know from Hanumān all about his misfortune (in the shape of the abduction of his wife) and assuring him that he will have her traced out wherever she may be and restore her to him, Sugrīva fetches from inside his cave an ornament tied in a corner of a silk wrapper and dropped by her from the air while being carried away by Rāvana, and shows it to Śrī Rāma. Reco...

Having presented himself before Sugrīva on the Malaya mountain and apprised him of his having brought the two scions of Raghu to Rsyamuka, Hanumān narrates to him the story of the two princes. Pleased to hear this news and approaching Śrī Rāma in the form of a human being, Sugrīva offers his hand for being clasped by Śrī Rāmaa as a token of friendship. Śrī Rāma responds by clasping it with his own...

Hanumān inquires of Śrī Rāma the purpose of his visit to Pampā. Having narrated to Hanumān, as urged by Śrī Rāma, his life-story up to his separation from Sītā, Laksmana tells him that cultivation of friendship with Sugrīva, in pursuance of the advice of Kabandha, was the purpose of their visit to the Pampā. Observing that Sugrīva was in a predicament similar to the one in which Śrī Rāma found him...

Approaching in the guise of a mendicant Śrī Rāma and Laksmana and bowing low to them, Hanumān enquired of them as to who they were and, having narrated to them the story of Sugrīva, apprised them of the latter's anxiety to enlist their goodwill. Pleased with the cleverness of Hanumān, Śrī Rāmaa compliments the former on his knowledge of the Veda and grammar. With the approval of Śrī Rāma, Laks...

Seeing the two princely brothers and suspecting them to have been sent by his elder brother, Vālī, Sugrīva goes into hiding with his counsellors. There Hanumān reassures him by recourse to reasoning. Sugrīva then sends Hanumān to ascertain what was in the mind of the two princes.

Śrīmad Vālmīki-Rāmāyana Part-I, Gita Press When Śrī Rāma approached the Pampā lake, the sight of the lovely surroundings intensified his pangs of separation from Sītā. Put in mind of Sītā, he laments for her. Living with his ministers on the summit of the Rsyamuka hill, Sugrīva catches sight of the two princes and gets alarmed.

Śrī Rāma and Laksmana seek the brink of Pampā lake conversing together. THE END OF ARANYAKĀNDA Thank you for listening, please join us for Book 4 (Season 4) Kiskindhākānda!!

Śrī Rāma and Laksmana visit the hermitage of Śabarī on the brink of the Pampā in the forest named Matangavana, receive her hospitality and go round the forest with her. Casting her body into the sacred fire, Śabarī ascends to the heavenly world.

Appearing in an ethereal form, Kabandha shows to Śrī Rāma and Laksmana the way to Rsyamūka Hill and the Pampā Lake and, giving them information about the grove of Sage Matanga and his hermitage, takes leave of them.

Appearing in his ethereal form when cremated by Śrī Rāma and Laksmana, Kabandha counsels them to make an alliance with Sugrīva.

Kabandha narrates his story and gives assurance of help in the discovery of Sītā after his cremation.

After deliberation with each other, Śrī Rāma and Laksmana sever the arms of Kabandha, who extends his welcome to them.

Laksmana punishes Ayomukhī. Falling a prey to the grip of Kabandha, Rāma and Laksmana give way to anxiety.

Jatāyu gives up the ghost and is cremated by Śrī Rāma.

Śrī Rāma and Laksmana meet Jatāyu and, embracing the vulture, Śrī Rāma bursts into a wail.

Laksmana seeks to inspire Śrī Rāma with courage.

Laksmana consoles Śrī Rāma.