Though itching to killl the enemy on beholding Śrī Rāma and Laksmana enmeshed in a network of snakes, the monkeys, who were unable to perceive him, feel frustrated. Vibhīnasa exhorts Sugrīva, who was seized with fear on finding Indrajit hidden under the cloak of witchcraft, to take heart and not to give way to fear. Concluding the two brothers to be dead, Indrajit, for his part, triumphantly enters Lankā and is welcomed by his father.
