While Sugriva gave instructions to his various generals mentioning in detail the places they were to visit in the course of their expedition in search of Sita, Sri Rama was struck by the knowledge of world geography revealed by Sugriva and inquired of the latter how he had come to acquire such wonderful and accurate knowledge of geography. In reply to this Sugriva tells him of the encounter of Vali with Dundubhi, which led the former to conceive an inveterate hatred towards him (Sugriva) who then pursued by Vali had to range from one end of the world to another and this enabled him (Sugriva) to gather a first-hand knowledge of all parts of the globe.Recitation: 00:00 - 04:03Translation: 04:08 - 11:00

Kishkindha Kanda Sarga 47, "Thridigbhyaha Vanara Prathyagamanam", Book 4 Canto 47

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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.