Hanuman Appears, Bali Falls, and the Rains Gather above Pravarshana
Uttara Kanda, Doha 67
Doha 67 · Movement 2 of 2
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Bhushundi tells of Rama's dialogue with Narada, then the movement turns toward the meeting with Hanuman. The son of the Wind enters the story, and with him comes the bridge of service by which Rama and Sugriva become friends.
Bali's life is ended, and Sugriva receives the royal mark. Rama then dwells upon Pravarshana mountain. Clouds gather, rain veils the slopes, and the season changes into the lucid skies of autumn while the search for Sita has not yet begun.
Rama's anger rises at the delay, and fear enters the vanaras. The Devanagari sequence holds friendship and accountability together. Grace restores Sugriva to his kingdom, but restoration does not cancel the promise made beside the fire. Garuda hears the season itself become dramatic measure: monsoon passes, autumn arrives, and an unfulfilled vow stands exposed beneath the clearing sky.
When the rain withdraws from Pravarshana, the bright autumn sky reveals both Rama's waiting and Sugriva's forgotten promise.
Read the passage from the Manas
प्रभु नारद संबाद कहि मारुति मिलन प्रसंग। पुनि सुग्रीव मिताई बालि प्रान कर भंग।।66((क)।। कपिहि तिलक करि प्रभु कृत सैल प्रबरषन बास। बरनन बर्षा सरद अरु राम रोष कपि त्रास।।66(ख)।।
The battles between rakshasas and vanaras were described in countless ways. Then came the tales of Kumbhakarna and Meghnad, their might, their valor, and their destruction.