Sita Abducted by Ravana

In these forests,
unknown to the brothers,
an ugly demoness had been watching Rama,
and fell in love with him.
She was Soorpanaka,
She was the sister of the mighty emperor Ravana.
she approached Rama and introduced herself,
She asked Rama to leave Sita and come with her.
Sensing that Rama was not interested in her,
the demon grew angry.
She tried to attack Sita,
but Lakshmana quickly drew out his sword,
and cut off her ears and nose
Soorpanaka crying with pain
ran away into the forest,
to seek the help of her brothers.
She asked Kara and Dushana to avenge the insult
heaped on her by two humans
Kara who was infuriated on seeing the condition of his dear sister,
ordered his army to march against Rama.
Rama fought against them ,
while Lakshmana stood guard near Sita
Rama destroyed the entire army,
and soon killed Kara and Dushana too
Surpanaka watched in horror
as her brothers and their army were destroyed
She flew at once to Lanka to seek the protection of Ravana
Ravana was shocked to see his sister disfigured
He asked her for the cause
Surpanaka narrated,
everything about Rama and Lakshmana,
and she also told Ravana that Sita was very beautiful
Ravana thought of a plan that would get the lovely Sita.
Ravana flew in his Pushpaka Vimana,
He reached the home of Maricha, Thataka's son.
He asked the demon Maricha, the master of disguise,
to take the form of a golden deer.
Maricha who had already been punished by Rama once refused at first
But, Maricha knew that either way he would be killed
He preferred to die at Rama's hands.
and so agreed to Ravana's plan
Maricha turned himself into a golden deer,
and roamed in front of Sita's hut
She asked Rama to catch it for her
Rama asked Lakshmana to look after Sita,
and he went behind the deer.
The deer led him deep into the forest ,
always a little out of reach.
At last when Rama found it impossible to catch it alive,
he killed it with a sharp arrow
As the arrow hit,
Maricha gained his true form,
and screamed in a voice imitating Rama.
He called for help to Sita and Lakshmana
Ravana's plan had worked.
Thinking that some trouble had befallen Rama.
Sita insisted that Lakshmana must go and help his brother
So Lakshmana decided to go.
But before he left,
he drew a circle around the entrance to the hut
and told Sita not to cross the circle at any cost
till he returned.
Ravana saw how well his trick had worked.
Sita was alone,
He disguised himself as a hermit,
and approached Sita with a begging bowl
seeing the holy man
Sita brought some food
and offered it to him
standing within the line drawn by Lakshmana.
Ravana asked her to come out of the line to make the offering
and before she realised what she was doing,
Ravana caught hold of her hand and placed her in his chariot,
Sita screamed, but it was too late.
The chariot rose into the sky and sped off to Lanka
As Ravana headed south, Jatayu the great eagle saw Sita
He came swooping down on Ravana and fought with him
Ravana mercilessly cut off Jatayu's wings.
As he sped away like a flash of lightening
on his chariot,
dragging Sita with him.
All the efforts of Sita to escape proved in vain,
as Ravana overpowered her.
As they flew over mountains and forests,
Sita took off her jewellery one by one,
and threw it down,
hoping that Rama might see it.
As they landed in Lanka,
Ravana asked Sita to become his wife.
When Sita refused him,
he left her in the palace garden,
in the company of ugly she-demons.
Sita was scared, sad and lonely in the strange place.
Meanwhile in the forest of Panchavati,
Rama and Lakshmana realised,
that they had been tricked.
Only through the dying eagle king Jatayu,
did they come to know,
that Ravana had abducted Sita.
They prayed for the noble soul of Jatayu,
who had sacrificed his own life for them.
Rama and Lakshmana now wandered in search of Sita.