ॐVedika

67 sargas · Gita Press numbering

Kiṣkindhā Kāṇḍa

An alliance with the vānaras, a killing that is still debated, and a great search.

Kiṣkindhā KāṇḍaVālmīki (primary text)In the text

The story, beat by beat

  1. Rāma meets Hanumān at Ṛṣyamūka
  2. The pact with Sugrīva
  3. Vāli is slain and challenges Rāma on dharma
  4. The rains; Lakṣmaṇa's anger at Sugrīva
  5. Search parties go to the four directions
  6. Sampāti reveals that Sītā is in Laṅkā

Vāli falls to an arrow from concealment, and Sugrīva takes the throne.

Primary text: Śrīmad Vālmīkīya Rāmāyaṇa, Gita Press, Gorakhpur. Later traditions and living-tradition associations are labelled as such. Return to the Rāmāyaṇa World.