Requested by Hanuman to visit Kishkindha, Sri Rama declines to do so on the ground of his having been prohibited by his father to enter the limits of a village or town and, directing that Sugriva may be installed on the throne of Kishkindha and Angada may assume the office of Prince Regent, he himself takes a vow to live in a cave till the end of the monsoon and leaves instructions to initiate a search for Sita after the monsoon.Recitation: 00:00 - 06:57Translation: 07:00 - 16:45

Kinshkindha Kanda Sarga 27, "Ramasya Prasravana Girinivasaha", Book 4 Canto 27.

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The Ramayana recitation by Sriram-ghanapaathi HariSitaramamurti-ghanapathi is taken from archive.org. The reading is from the English version of Srimad Valmiki Ramayan translation by Gita Press, Gorakhpur, India.