the conduct the king's funeral. bharata finds rama in the woods to plead with him to return, but rama insists that he must obey his father's dying wish.
bharata gave rama golden sandals to put on. he would return to the throne with them and place them on the throne.
Sita is kidnapped by a demon in the forest. they fight the demon, break his arms, and throw him in a pit. by killing the demon, the curse is lifted and the demon can ascend to heaven.
Shurpanakha confronts them and rama rejects her. lakshmana also rejects her so the demoness attacks Sita. lakshmana cuts off her nose and ears and she runs to her brother Khara.
rama defeats Khara army but assembles a larger one with his brother. rama slays the army along with Dushana and Khara. shurpanaka retreats to Lanka to tell Ravana of rama.
Maricha assumed the form of a golden deer and attracted Sita's attention. Sita asks rama to hunt the deer and he does. maricha is killed by rama, but before death he cries out for help in rama's voice.
Lakshmana answers the call for help and ravana kidnaps Sita. jataya battles with ravana but dies. Sita leaves a trail of jewelry for rama to follow.
rama finds out that sita has been kidnapped. they fight another demon and learn that Sita is on Lanka.
Sources used: M. Dutt, R. Dutt, Gould, Griffith, Hodgson, Mackenzie, Nivedita, Oman, Richardson, and Ryder.
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