Ravana's uncle, Maricha, tries to get Ravana to just leave Rama and Sita alone. Ravana refuses and Maricha gives in and helps him. Maricha appears to Sita as a golden deer. Sita convinces Rama to chase and capture the deer. Rama kills the deer and it cries out using Rama's voice. This frightens Sita and makes her worry about Rama. She forces Lakshmana to go find Rama to see if he is okay. Ravana comes to Sita disguised as an old man to trick her. He captures Sita, but first he shows her his true identity.
Jatayu tries to stop Ravana, but Ravana chops off Jatayu's wings. Before Jatayu dies, he tells Rama and Lakshmana that Ravana captured Sita. Sita drops her jewelry on the ground in hopes that someone will find it.
Ravana would have just raped Sita, but if he did all of his heads would explode. This is because he had previously raped Rambha and because of this Nalakubara put a curse on Ravana. Ravana had to persuade Sita to have sex with him to be able to have sex with her. He could not persuade her.
The first monkey (Riksharaja) was both a male monkey and a female monkey. This story was told to Rama and Lakshmana by Savari.
Your Reading diary notes are very informative. I like the picture you chose for your reading diary. It is epic, and it looks exactly how I would envision the fight with Jatayu would have been. This part of the story also shows how evil Ravana is. He would have raped Sita if it was not for that curse put on him.
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