As it died it cried out for help in a perfect imitation of Rama's voice. Finally Rama went hunting for the deer and shot it. When Sita saw this deer she became determined to have it against the warnings of Lakshman and Rama. Ravan had a Raksha transformed into a lovely, jeweled deer. The disfigured girl told Ravan of Sita's beauty and urged him to take revenge. Then Rama and Lakshman had to battle and defeat the two demon-warriors who attended the Raksha princess. Lakshman cut off her nose and sent her home howling to her brother Ravan, who was king of the Rakshas. In a fury the Raksha girl sprang at Sita to kill her, and only Rama's and Lakshman's quickness prevented her. One day a coarse Raksha maiden fell in love with Rama and wished to murder Sita, but Rama jestingly rejected her advances. Rama built a home in an open meadow with Lakshman's help. At length Rama, Sita, and Lakshman came to the barbaric southern jungles of India, a place inhabited by the savage magicians called Rakshas. They also came upon a holy hermit, who gave Rama a splendid bow and arrow created by the gods. On their journey the three exiles came across the poet Valmiki, who promised to write a glorious epic about them called the Ramayana. Further, one of Rama's brothers, Lakshman, accompanied Rama into the forests to serve his brother. When Rama tried to persuade the beautiful and gentle Sita to stay at home, Sita insisted that her husband's tribulations were her own, and she would share his exile. Rama was to enter the most savage jungles and remain there for fourteen years. On the day before he was to assume rulership of his father's kingdom, Rama's stepmother, out of jealousy and fear, succeeded in having Rama sent into exile so that her own son might assume the throne. He won the princess Sita by bending a tremendous bow that others could not even lift.
No one surpassed the prince Rama in strength, handsomeness, wisdom, or piety.
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