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"We bow to the cuckoo of Vaalmeeki that rests on the branch of poetry and gives out the sweet cooing of the beatiful sounds of "Raama" , "Raama" for our pleasure. "
KISHKINDHAA-KAANDA
( The fourth book of the Raamaayanam )
( The SH in this name is pronounced like 'sh' in 'wish. The first N is pronounced soft like 'n' in 'bin'. The first D is pronounced like 'th' in 'thus' and the following H makes it a hard aspirate. The second N is pronounced hard like 'n' in 'turn'. )
Kishkindhaa-Kaanda is the fourth of the seven Kaandas of the Raamaayanam. It is named so after Kishkindha, the abode of Vaali and Sugreeva, as almost all the current incidents of the epic described in this Kaanda took place at Kishkindha.
This Kishkindhaa-Kaanda primely describes the following incidents of the epic.
- Sugreeva suspects Raama to be an adversary ,
- Hanumaan comes to Raama and Lakshmana to inquire about them,
- Hanumaan fixes alliance of friendship between Raama and Sugreeva,
- Sugreeva shows Seetha's ornaments to Raama,
- Raama promises Sugreeva to kill Vaali,
- Sugreeva describes Vaali's prowess and strength,
- Raama hits the seven trees and projects demon Dundubhi's carcuss to make Sugreeva believe that he exceeds Vaali in strength,
- Sugreeva challenges Vaali,
- Sugreeva loses to Vaali in the first fight and retreats,
- Raama keeps a mark of garland around Sugreeva's neck for distinguishing between Vaali and sugreeva,
- Raama kills Vaali,
- Sugreeva becomes king of Vaanaras at Kishkindha,
- Raama stays on Prasravana hill during the rainy season,
- Lakshmana reports Raama's annoyance about sugreeva's delay and urges Sugreeva to send forces in search of Seetha,
- Sugreeva dispatches four parties of the Vaanaras to four directions in search of Seetha with a time limit of one month,
- Raama gives his ring to the south-party member Hanumaan to show to Seetha as his token,
- All parties exxcept the south-bound one, fail in their search and return to Sugreeva within the time of one month,
- The south-bound party under Angada's leadership gets trapped in a cave,
- The Vaanaras escape from the cave with the help of the ascetic woman Svayamprabha,
- The Vaanaras meet the bird Sampaathi,
- Sampaathi gives the Vaanaras a valuable information that Seetha was confined in Raavana's Lanka
- Hanumaan and other Vaanaras reach the shore of the south sea.
- The Vaanaras worry about crossing the sea and express their abilities in distance-jumping,
- Jaambavaan scintillatingly encourages and enthuses Hanumaan to jump over to the other end of the sea.
"We bow to the cuckoo of Vaalmeeki that rests on the branch of poetry and gives out the sweet cooing of the beatiful sounds of "Raama" , "Raama" for our pleasure. "