Summary



Dadhimukha raced back to Madhuvan where he apologized to Angada saying "Bound by my orders and my duty I tried to restrain you, do forgive me. Your destructive cavorting only made Sugriva happy and not angry. He now wishes to see you". As the vanaras soared back into the sky on their homeward journey, Angada said, "Though I am heir to the throne I have not the freedom to command you, for you are the achievers who have seen Sita". His gracious remarks evoked the admiration of all the vanara hordes, who praised his unassuming grace and humility. Commanded by Angada, roaring with joy and driven by the winds the Vanara bands sped towards their destination. In the meantime Sugriva who was with Rama saw the sorrow in his and said, "Do not grieve Rama, Sita has been found and it is the truth. The vanaras would not have ever come back otherwise". He tried to convince Rama that Angada in his joy at Sita's discovery must have permitted the wrecking of the ancestral grove, protected and cherished for centuries. Also, that it must have been Hanuman to whom wisdom and valor were as natural as radiance is to the sun, who must have found Sita. Even as Sugriva was consoling, Rama, he heard the distant bluster of the approaching vanara armies. Hanuman prostrated to Rama and told him of Sita who was effulgent in her purity and chastity and in it was her safety and her protection and the Ikshvaku brothers quivered with great joy as they heard Hanuman's nectarine words.