HANUMANA LANDS LANKA

Then Hanumana continued his fly over the ocean. A demoness in the ocean caught hold of his shadow that fell over the ocean water and dragged Hanumana down. But the mightily son of the Wind God entered the demoness’s mouth swiftly and immediately emerged out of her body by ripping her stomach. So the ocean got rid of another evil spirits.
After many such trials and feats, Hanumana landed on the shores of lanka. He saw greenery all around as coconut trees and plantains swayed in the cool fragrant breeze. Hanumana saw a hill and climbed upon it to survey Lanka. The hill was named Trikoota and from there he had bird’s eye view of the grand Lanka. He was amazed at the beauty and splendour that his eyes beheld. The whole kingdom was enclosed inside a high-walled fortress and ocean surrounded the island. The high-walled fortress and ocean surrounded the islanded the island. The houses were large and luxurious and golden hue was spread all over the whole island. He had never seen such a beautiful city.
Hanumana saw the tight military security everywhere. He decided to enter Lanka at night as it was safest to enter in the dark of the night. At the gate of lanka, he received the blessing of Lankani, the guardian deity. He transformed into a small monkey and went to peep into all the houses, but not find any women beautiful enough whom he could think to be Sita. Then he entered the grand palace, which was Ravana’s residence. He went to Ravana’s private chamber where he saw many women, demonesses, gandharva women and heavenly damsels who were Ravana’s wives and mistresses. But none of them looked like Sita to Hanumana’s mind.
As Hunumana kept searching the other houses, he heard a voice. To be surprise, the voice was reciting Rama’s name. He approached in the direction from which the sound was coming. He saw a simple house.Over the roof of the house was a flag that bore Rama’s name. Inside, he saw a man in simple silk garments reciting Rama’s name. Hanumana came back to his original form and said to Vibhishana, “Brother, do not be scared of me. How could you chant Rama’s name in the kingdom of Ravana?”The man replied, “I am Vibhishana, Ravana’s brother and a devotee of Rama. I live away from his evil people in this simple house and spent my time praying my lord, Rama.”“Than I bow to you,” Hanumana said with folded hands. “Can you tell me where mother Sita is? She is not in Ravana’s palace.”Vibhishana said, “Mother Sita has been imprisoned in a garden adjoining the palace of King Ravana.”Hanumana thanked Vibhishana for his help and flew to that garden.