He promised his friends that he would search and find Sita in Sri Lanka. Hanuman at the suggestion and encouragement given by Jambhavan decided to cross the ocean and reach Sri Lanka. The Sundara Kandam provides inspiration to its readers and listeners and helps them find a resolution for all problems. What is there in it, which is not beautiful? Tilak, one of Sundara Kanda's great commentators, explains that this section is entitled as "Beautiful section" becauseīeautiful among the most beautiful is Sri Lanka,īeautiful among the most beautiful is the Story,īeautiful among the most beautiful is Sita, Chapter 35 contains a comprehensive description of Sri Rama.Valmiki describes him as “ a shining handsome person made of Gold”.
This section covers some of the exploits of Hanuman.The moon shone with great light like the lion climbing on the stone clusters, like the great elephant reaching the war and like the king getting his kingdom. That moon who did not loose the luster due to dense dew drops, who had borrowed light from the sun by which he drove away darkness, who was serving the luminous Lakshmi in his crystal clear mien and who had the rabbit mark, shined in the sky. The moon, which was full of all its crescents, resembled the bullock with its sharpened horns, the silver mountain with its peaks, and the elephant whose tusks were decorated by gold. The moon in the sky was similar to the swan in the sliver cage, lion in the caves of Mandhara Mountain and the heroic soldier sitting on proud elephant.
That Goddess Lakshmi who shined normally on the Mandhara Mountain of earth, in the sea during dusk and on the lotus in the ponds, at that time shined sitting on the moon. Then he saw the moon, which destroys the sorrows of the world, which increased the levels of the great sea and which traveled by giving light to all beings. Then the intelligent Hanuman saw the moon, which was in the center of the sky, which was with rays and which was spreading the sheet of moon light, like an enthusiastic bull wandering in its stable.
For example, describing the moon in the 5th chapter, he writes:
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