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1-Sarg 1-4 - Raam comes to Dandak Van and meets Viraadh named Raakshas. Raam and Viraadh introduce themselves and Raam does Uddhaar of Viraadh by burying him.
2-Sarg 5-8 - Raam comes to Sharabhang Rishi's Aashram and sees Indra there. Sharabhang Muni sends them to Suteekshn Jee. Raam comes to Suteekshn Muni's Aashram and he gives them some weapons.
3-Sarg 9-10 - Seetaa is worried about Raam that He might kill innocents, but Raam consoles Her that He is going to Dandak Van only to protect Rishi Muni.
4-Sarg 11 - Raam just passes time around. On the way He sees a pond created by Maandkarnee Muni with his Tap. He passes 10 years thus wandering in different Aashram. Then they arrive at Sharabhang Muni's Aashram again and asks about Agastya Muni's Aashram. He tells about the Aashram.
5-Sarg 12-13 - Raam goes to Agastya Muni's Aashram. Agastya Muni also gives Raam some weapons and suggests Raam to stay in Panchvatee. Raam heads towards Panchvatee.
6-Sarg 14-15 - On the way to Panchvatee Raam meets Jataayu who introduces himself as their father's friend and offers to guard Seetaa while they will be out. Raam and Lakshman arrive in Panchvatee, build a hut and start living there.
7-Sarg 16 - Lakshman describes Hemant Ritu.
8-Sarg 17-18 - One day Shoorpanakhaa, Raavan's sister comes there and asks Raam to marry her. Raam suggests His brother's name as He was already married. She misbehaves and Lakshman cuts her nose and ears by the order of Raam.
Sarg 19-20 - Shoorpanakhaa complains about this to Khar, her cousin brother and Khar sends 14 mighty Raakshas to kill Raam and Lakshman but Raam kills all of them. Shoorpanakhaa again complains about them to Khar. This time Khar himself comes to fight with them along with his 14,000 Raakshas army.
10-Sarg 24-25 - Raam gets ready to fight with Khar's army. He asks Lakshman to take Seetaa in a cave and He Himself fights with the army and soon kills most of them.
11-Sarg 26-30 - Raam kills more army, fights with Trishiraa and kills him, then fights with Khar.  Raam fights with Khar and kills him. Akampan runs away to Lankaa to report this to Raavan.
12-Sarg 31 - Akampan reports about Khar, Dooshan and Trishiraa's killing to Raavan and suggests him to abduct Seetaa. Raavan goes to Maareech to consult but comes back after being discouraged.
13-Sarg 32-34 - Raavan's introduction. Shoorpanakhaa comes to Raavan's court to report about her condition and Khar and Dooshan's killing.
14-Sarg 35-38 - Shoorpanakhaa instigates Raavan to abduct Seetaa and Raavan again goes to Maareech and tells his problem. He asks him to become a Maayaa Mrig to carry away Raam and Lakshman from their Aashram so that he can abduct Seetaa in their absence. Maareech advises Raavan in several ways not to develop any kind of enmity with Raam. He gives his own example too of Vishwaamitra's Yagya time, but Raavan doesn't agree..
15-Sarg 39-42 - Maareech advises Raavan again by examples, but Raavan is firm in his intentions. He tells his plan: be a Maayaa Mrig, wander around their hut, Seetaa will ask Raam to bring you, you take Him far away, call Seetaa and Lakshman in Raam's voice, Lakshman will also go after Him, and in their absence I will abduct Seetaa. And if he will not obey him he will kill Maareech. Maareech again tries to advise Raavan, tells another story of his life but Raavan is firm in his decision. So Maareech has to go to Dandak Van. He starts attracting Seetaa near Her Aashram.
16-Sarg 43-44 - Seetaa sees Maayaa Mrig, is attracted to him because of his beauty and requests Raam to catch him alive or dead. Raam goes to catch him but can't catch so he kills him, but is scared to hear his call to Seetaa and Lakshman in His own voice, so returns from there as fast as He could.
17-Sarg 45-46 - Hearing Maareech's call Seetaa forces Lakshman to go to Raam to take care of Him. Seeing Seetaa alone, Raavan comes to Her.
18-Sarg 47-48 - Raavan asks Seetaa about Her, Seetaa asks about him. Knowing Raavan's intentions Seetaa advises him not to do so.
19-Sarg 49-51 - Raavan abducts Seetaa. Jataayu tries to stop him. Jataayu fights bravely but fails to stop him.
20-Sarg 52-54 - Raavan takes Seetaa to Lankaa. On the way Seetaa again warns Raavan but She also fails. Raavan brings Seeta in Lankaa and put up Her in his palace.
21-Sarg 55-56 - He shows Her palace and promises Her to appoint Her his chief queen, once She accepts to become his wife. Raavan puts up Seetaa in Ashok Vaatikaa and gives Her ultimatum of 12 months to become his wife.
22-Sarg 57-59 - While returning Raam meets Lakshman and asks about Seetaa. Raam and Lakshman talk on their way to Aashram, but when they come to their Aashram they don't find Seetaa there.
23-Sarg 60-61 - Raam and Lakshman start looking for Seetaa.
24-Sarg 62-64 - Raam weeps for Seetaa, asks everybody about Her but nobody tells anything about Her because of fear of Raavan.
25-Sarg 65-66 - Raam and Lakshman wander around in the search of Seetaa. They find broken chariot, gold armor, bow and arrows etc lying on the ground. They get confirmed that Seetaa has been abducted. Lakshman consoles Raam in His difficult times, but nothing seems to work.
26-Sarg 67-68 - Then they meet dying Jataayu who tells them about Seetaa's abduction and then he dies. Raam performs the last rites of Jataayu.
27-Sarg 69 - Raam and Lakshman meet Kabandh.
28-Sarg 70-72 - Kabandh catches Raam and Lakshman. They introduce themselves. Kabandh tells his story. Then Raam does Uddhaar of Kabandh.
29-Sarg 73-75 - Kabandh tells the way to go to Sugreev and make friendship with Sugreev. On their way to Sugreev Raam meets Shabaree in Matang Muni's Aashram. After she has left for Swarg, they arrive at Pampaa Sarovar.

 

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