The epic beautiful: an English verse rendering of the Sundara kanda of the Ramayana of Valmiki/ by K.R. Srinivasa Iyengar.

Book One: PASSAGE TO LANKA -- 1 Hanuman's Leap Across the Sea -- 2 Arrival in Lanka -- 3 Lanka Devi's Discomfiture -- Book Two; THE SEARCH FOR SITA -- 4 Exploring Lanka -- 5 Night in Lanka -- 6 RaVana's Palace -- 7 Pushpaka the Air-Car -- 8 In Praise of Pushpaka -- 9 Inside the Gynaeceum -- 10 Ravana, His Consorts and Queen Mandodari -- 11 The Hall of Carousal -- 12 A Futile Search -- 13 Dejection and Revival -- Book Three: SITA AND RAVANA -- 14 The Asoka Grove -- 15 Darshan of Sita -- 16 Reflections on Sita's Plight -- 17 Sita's Guard -- 18 The Coming of Ravana -- 19 Sita's Distress -- 20 Ravana's Wooing -- 21 Sita's Firm Rejection -- 22 Ravana's Ultimatum -- Book Four: SITA'S DARKEST NIGHT AND DAWN -- 23 Advice to Sita -- 24 From Counsel to Threats -- 25 On the Brink -- 26 Lacerations and Maledictions -- 27 Trijata's Dream -- 28 De Profundis -- 29 Auspicious Omens -- Book Five: SITA AND HANUMAN -- 30 Hanuman's Soliloquy -- 31 In Praise of Rama -- 32 Sita Sees Hanuman -- 33 Hanuman's Words and Sita's Answer -- 34 Hanuman Dispels Sita's Suspicions -- 35 Hanuman Answers Sita's Queries -- 36 Rama's Ring and Sita's Questions -- 37 Hanuman's Blaze of Glory -- 38 Sita's Crest-Jewel -- 39 Calming Sita's Fears -- 40 Hanuman's Leave-taking -- Book Six: HAVOC IN LANKA -- 41 Mauling the Asoka Grove -- 42 The Killing of the Kinkaras -- 43 The Destruction of the Temple -- 44 Jambumali's Death -- 45 The End of the Ministers' Sons -- 46 The Death of the Five Generals -- 47 The Death of Prince Aksha -- 48 Indrajit and Hanuman -- 49 Ravana's Regal Splendour -- 50 Prahasta's Questions -- 51 Hanuman to Ravana -- 52 Vibhishana's Pleading -- 53 Hanuman's Tail Set on Fire -- 54 Lanka Ablaze -- 55 Hanuman's Anxiety about Sita -- 56 The Leap from Arishta Hill -- Book Seven: RETURN TO RAMA -- 57 The Flight to Mahendra -- 58 Hanuman's Recital of His Adventures -- 59 What Next? -- 60 Angada and Jambavan -- 61 Rampage in the Honey Grove -- 62 The Rout of Dadimukha and the Guards -- 63 Dadimukha's Plaint to Sugriva -- 64 Hanuman's Ambrosial Words to Rama -- 65 Hanuman Gives Sita's Chudamani to Rama -- 66 Rama's Grief at the Sight of the Crest-Jewel -- 67 Hanuman Describes His Meeting with Sita -- 68 Hanuman Concludes His Report to Rama