Rama Kills Khara and Dushana

Rama attacked Dushana's army, and demons kept falling dead. Their armor and weapons were strewn on the battlefield. In the end, all fourteen thousand demons were killed by a mere mortal. Rama severed both of Dushana's arms with his arrows, and the demon fell lifeless to the ground. The three-headed demon Trishira then advanced toward Rama was also killed. Rama then used a powerful arrow gifted by Maharshi Agastya to pierce Khara's heart, killing him.

The gods in heaven were pleased by the deaths of these two powerful demons and showered flowers on Rama. Lakshmana and Sita came out of hiding. Maharshi Agastya and various other sages congratulated Rama on his victory. Sita was glad that her husband was safe and sound.

After learning about the deaths of her cousins Khara and Dushana, Shurpanakha went to Lanka to confront her eldest brother, Ravana—the mighty king of Lanka. Ravana had extraordinary abilities, such as the power to dry up oceans, move mountains, and even defeat gods in battle. He had previously defeated his half-brother, Kubera, at Mount Kailash and taken Kubera's Pushpaka Vimana, an airplane capable of traveling anywhere on the earth. 

"Who has done this to you, Shurpanakha?" thundered Ravana, seeing his sister's mutilated face.

"You probably don't know that a man called Rama has annihilated your powerful cousins Khara and Dushana, along with their entire army at Janasthana," she replied. "His brother, Lakshmana, is the one who cut off my nose and ears."

Ravana remembered Rama and Lakshmana from Sita's swayamvara. Shurpanakha told her brother that Rama was invincible on the battlefield. However, she also mentioned that Rama loved his wife Sita deeply, and being separated from her would devastate him. Shurpanakha described Sita as the most beautiful woman in the world and suggested that she deserved to be Ravana's wife. Consequently, she incited Ravana to kidnap Sita. 

Ravana approached the demon Maricha, who had been living the life of a saint, and sought his help to kidnap Sita. Maricha initially refused, telling Ravana that kidnapping Sita would taint his reputation and eventually destroy the demon clan. He also recalled his close shave with Rama at Vishwamitra's ashram. But Ravana threatened to kill Maricha if he didn't comply. Finally, Maricha relented, feeling it would be better to die at Rama's hands than at Ravana's. He devised a ruse to lure Rama and Lakshmana away from Sita.