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Desirous of reaching Lanka in order to discover Sita, Hanuman takes a leap from a peak of Mount Mahendra and honouring with the touch of his hand Mount Mainaaka, which rose from the bottom of the sea to provide rest on its peak to Hanuman, encounters Surasaa (mother of Naagas), sent by the gods in the form of an ogress, who was waiting for Hanuman with her mouth open to devour him. He enters her belly assuming a minute form and comes out without killing her. Further he is met by another ogresss, Simhika by name, standing with her mouth wide open to gulp Hanuman. He enters her mouth after assuming a minute form and comes out after splitting her bely open and killing her. Then contracting his body into a minute form again in order to preclude the attention of the ogres, he descends on a mountain peak outside Lanka.Recitation: 00:00 - 34:32Translation: 34:36 - 01:24:22