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title: "Sunderkand"
canonical: "https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand"
lang: "en"
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# Sunderkand

60 dohas.

## Contents

- [Invocations](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/mangalacharan)
- [Hanumān leaves for Laṅkā, meets Surasā and kills the image-catching demoness](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/mangalacharan)
- [Description of Laṅkā; Hanumān strikes Laṅkinī and enters Laṅkā](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-3)
- [Hanumān meets Vibhīṣaṇa](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-4)
- [Hanumān’s grief at the sight of Sītā in the Aśoka grove and Rāvaṇa’s threat to Sītā](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-8)
- [Dialogue between Sītā and Trijaṭā](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-10)
- [Dialogue between Sītā and Hanumān](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-12)
- [Hanumān lays waste the Aśoka grove and kills prince Akṣaya; at last Meghanāda entangles Hanumān in a noose of Brahmā and carries him off to Rāvaṇa’s court](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-17)
- [Dialogue between Hanumān and Rāvaṇa](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-20)
- [Burning of Laṅkā](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-25)
- [After burning Laṅkā Hanumān asks leave of Sītā and obtains the crest-jewel from Her](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-25)
- [On Hanumān’s reaching the opposite shore all the monkeys return and enter Madhuvana; their meeting with Sugrīva and the dialogue between Śrī Rāma and Hanumān](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-25)
- [Śrī Rāma’s march to the beach alongwith the army of monkeys](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-35)
- [Dialogue between Mandodarī and Rāvaṇa](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-35)
- [Vibhīṣaṇa offers advice to Rāvaṇa and meets with an affront at the latter’s hands](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-37)
- [Vibhīṣaṇa sallies forth to obtain Śrī Rāma’s protection and secures it](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-41)
- [Deliberation over the question of crossing the sea; appearance of Śuka, a spy of Rāvaṇa, and his return with Lakṣmaṇa’s letter](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-49b)
- [The spy gives counsel to Rāvaṇa and delivers Lakṣmaṇa’s note to him](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-53)
- [Śrī Rāma’s fury against the sea and the latter’s supplication](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-57)
- [Glory of hymning Śrī Rāma’s glories](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-59)

## Dohas

- [Invocation](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/mangalacharan)
- [Doha 1](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-1)
- [Doha 2](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-2)
- [Doha 3](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-3)
- [Doha 4](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-4)
- [Doha 5](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-5)
- [Doha 6](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-6)
- [Doha 7](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-7)
- [Doha 8](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-8)
- [Doha 9](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-9)
- [Doha 10](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-10)
- [Doha 11](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-11)
- [Doha 12](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-12)
- [Doha 13](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-13)
- [Doha 14](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-14)
- [Doha 15](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-15)
- [Doha 16](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-16)
- [Doha 17](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-17)
- [Doha 18](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-18)
- [Doha 19](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-19)
- [Doha 20](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-20)
- [Doha 21](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-21)
- [Doha 22](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-22)
- [Doha 23](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-23)
- [Doha 24](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-24)
- [Doha 25](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-25)
- [Doha 26](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-26)
- [Doha 27](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-27)
- [Doha 28](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-28)
- [Doha 29](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-29)
- [Doha 30](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-30)
- [Doha 31](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-31)
- [Doha 32](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-32)
- [Doha 33](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-33)
- [Doha 34](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-34)
- [Doha 35](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-35)
- [Doha 36](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-36)
- [Doha 37](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-37)
- [Doha 38](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-38)
- [Doha 39b](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-39b)
- [Doha 40](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-40)
- [Doha 41](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-41)
- [Doha 42](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-42)
- [Doha 43](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-43)
- [Doha 44](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-44)
- [Doha 45](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-45)
- [Doha 46](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-46)
- [Doha 47](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-47)
- [Doha 48](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-48)
- [Doha 49b](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-49b)
- [Doha 50](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-50)
- [Doha 51](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-51)
- [Doha 52](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-52)
- [Doha 53](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-53)
- [Doha 54](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-54)
- [Doha 55](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-55)
- [Doha 56b](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-56b)
- [Doha 57](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-57)
- [Doha 58](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-58)
- [Doha 59](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-59)
- [Doha 60](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/doha-60)

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