Ramayana_VOLUME V with index

MARICHA AND SUBAHU
Subahu is a rakshasa character in the Ramayana. He and his
mother, Thataki, took immense pleasure in harassing the munis
of the jungle, especially Viswamitra, by disrupting their yajnas
with rains of flesh and blood.
Viswamitra approached Dasaratha for help in getting rid of
these pestilences. Dasaratha obliged by sending two of his sons,
Rama and Lakshmana, to the forest with Viswamitra, charging
them to protect both the sage and his sacrificial fires. When
Subahu and Tataka again attempted to rain flesh and blood on
the sage's yajna, they were both killed by Rama.
Maricha was a rakshasa who played a small but important part
in the Indian Ramayana epic. He was thrown into a remote
island by the arrow of Lord Rama when he tried to interrupt
Sage Viswamitra’s yagna. After that he became very afraid of the
very mention of the name Rama. (Rama is described as
Maareechaadinipaataka Ram in the Nama Ramayana, a Sanskrit
verse eulogising Rama)
Later in the epic, Ravana strives to kidnap Sita and so asks for
Maricha's help. Maricha turns himself into a golden deer.