Those who wish to avert some calamity or desire success in some great undertaking usually make a Paaraayana (devotional reading exercise) of the whole of the Sundarakaanda, the canto dealing with Hanumaan's expedition to Lanka. It is believed that the same result can be obtained even by a Paaraayana of only this chapter where Hanumaan relates to the Vaanara warriors all that happened between his crossing and recrossing the sea.
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