Śrīmad Vālmīki Rāmāyana (English Translation)

Wonderstruck to behold the splendour and glory of Rāvana, Hanumān believes that he could even rule over heaven but for his gross unrighteousness, which dragged him down.

Dispatched by Rāvana, Indrajit, Rāvana’s eldest son, marches against Hanumān. On his shafts being rendered ineffective by Hanumān through his extreme agility, Indrajit takes him captive by dischargin…

Prince Aksa, son of Rāvana, who came to meet Hanumān in combat, is killed.

Having killed five more generals sent by Rāvana, Hanumān returns again to the archway of the Aśoka grove.

Having made short work of the seven sons of Rāvana's chief minister too, Hanumān climbs up the archway again and takes up his position there.

Dispatched by Rāvana to capture Hanumān, Jambumālī is killed in battle by the former.

Having disposed of the Kinkaras sent by Rāvana and making up his mind to demolish the sanctuary sacred to the guardian deity of ogres, Hanumān climbs it up and, killing the guards posted there, exhib…

Perceiving the devastation of the royal pleasance at the hands of Hanumān, the ogresses keeping watch over Sītā asked her who he was. On Sītā’s pleading her ignorance in the matter, some of them hurr…

Accounting his purpose not fully accomplished till he had ascertained the strength of the ogres, even though he had received the message of Sītā, and making up his mind to lay waste the royal pleasur…

Asking Hanumān, who was ready to depart, to remind Śrī Rāma of his having once painted a decorative mark on her cheek with red realgar, and also of how he threw a reed at the crow assailing her, dest…

Sītā asks Hanumān, when the latter is about to depart with the jewel for her head, to apprise Śrī Rāma and Laksmana of her own welfare and urge them to rescue her. When Sītā expresses her misgivings …

Asked by Hanumān for a token, Sītā, narrates the episode of a crow, which occurred on the Citrakūta mountain, and asks Hanumān to repeat the story to Śrī Rāma by way of a token. She further sends her…

Sītā, who was distressed to hear of Śrī Rāma’s excessive grief caused by his separation from her, implores Hanumān to bring Śrī Rāma at once to her. Hanumān, who could not bear to see Sītā’s sad plig…

Hanumān delivers Śrī Rāma’s signet ring to Sītā in order to strengthen her confidence in him. Applauding Hanumān, Sītā, who was rejoiced to receive the token, inquires about the health of Śrī Rāma an…

Questioned by Sītā, who was anxious to ascertain the bonafides of the monkey, Hanumān, after cataloguing the marks on the person of Śrī Rāma and Laksmana, narrates his own life-story from his birth o…

Inferring from the suitable reply to his queries received from Sītā and the trust reposed in him by the latter, Hanumān reveals to her the role of an envoy allotted to him by Śrī Rāma and repeat the …

Keen to hear of Sītā’s identity from her own lips, even though he had identified her, Hanumān inquires of her whether she was a goddess or anyone else and asks her to disclose her identity in case sh…

Imagining Hanumān to have been seen in a dream, though actually perceived by her, and believing the sight of a monkey in a dream to be ominous, Sītā becomes anxious about the welfare of Śrī Rāma and …

Weighing the pros and cons of comforting Sītā or remaining mum, now that he had come to know everything about Sītā at first hand, Hanumān decides upon the former course at the psychological moment.