RamayanaSundara Kanda: The beautiful book
Sundara Kanda of the Ramayana (the beautiful book): a summary of the story in plain words, book 5 of 7: The leap of Hanuman, Sita in the Ashoka garden and the burning of Lanka.
The most loved book. Hanuman leaps over the ocean, passing the obstacles of the sea-mountain Mainaka and the demoness Surasa. In Lanka he searches the palaces of the city and at last finds Sita under a tree in the Ashoka garden, guarded by demonesses and pressed by Ravana to marry him. He shows her Rama's ring and gives her his message. He lets himself be captured by Ravana's son Indrajit, speaks to Ravana and advises him to return Sita; when Ravana orders his tail to be set on fire, Hanuman jumps over the roofs of Lanka and sets the city ablaze, then puts out the fire in the sea and returns with the news, with Sita's jewel as a token. Rama embraces him with gratitude.
This is book 5 of the seven books (kandas) of the Ramayana. See all seven and the characters.
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A retelling in our own words of a story that is told in many different ways across India and Asia. Tellers differ on many episodes; where it matters we say so. It is not a scholarly translation.