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Telling Sri Rama that he had come to know from Hanuman all about his misfortune (in the shape of the abduction of his wife) and assuring him that he will have her traced out wherever she may be and restore her to him, Sugriva fetches from inside his cave an ornament tied in a corner of a silk wrapper and dropped by her from the air while being carried away by Ravana, and shows it to Sri Rama. Recognising it as belonging to Sita alone, Sri Rama is plunged once more in grief born of separation from his beloved spouse and, violently hissing like a serpent, impatiently enquires who that Ravana was and where from he hailed.Recitation: Translation: