Episodes in this kanda

• Vibhishana Seeks Refuge — Cast out for counselling peace, Ravana's brother crosses to Rama — who vows to shelter anyone who comes seeking refuge.
• The Bridge to Lanka — When the ocean will not yield to Rama's prayer, the vanara Nala builds a bridge across the sea, which the Ocean himself bears up.
• Angada's Embassy — Rama sends Vali's son Angada into Ravana's court with an offer and a warning — the unmovable foot is a later telling, not Valmiki's.
• The Waking of Kumbhakarna — Roused after Lanka's losses, Kumbhakarna rebukes Ravana's folly — then marches out to fight for his brother.
• The Mountain of Herbs — Ravana's Shakti fells Lakshmana; Hanuman cannot tell the herbs apart and brings back a whole mountain peak.
• The Fall of Indrajit — Ravana's invincible son fights from the clouds and from invisibility, until Lakshmana breaks his secret rite and ends him.
• The Fall of Ravana — Brother and son fallen, Ravana rides out once more — and Rama's Brahmastra, given by Agastya, ends the war.
• The Trial by Fire — Rama tells Sita she is free to go — and Sita, proud and grieving, walks into the fire herself, and the flames refuse to touch her.
• The Return to Ayodhya — Rama flies home on the Pushpaka, and Bharata, who ruled in the name of Rama's sandals, welcomes him at Nandigrama.