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Maricha and Subahu
powers, into a lovely golden deer. He wanted him to frisk about,
in that alluring form, before the hermitage where Rama, Sita and
Lakshmana were. Maricha had to assent, since he had no way of
escaping from his ire. Ravana told him: “Rama will try to capture
you, and will follow you and you should lead him far into the
distance, and from thence, you must yell in painful agony, ‘Oh
Sita! Oh Lakshmana,’ in a voice exactly like that of Rama.”
Then, keeping the chariot afar, both moved towards the
hermitage. (RKRV Part II p. 45-46)
He (Ravana) told Maricha: "You are a pre-eminently capable
person. You can understand demons and deal equally with the
Divine. You are capable of assuming any form. You must
therefore go to the Dandakaranya forest and separate Rama from
Sita." (SSS Vol.23 p.44-45)
Maricha advises Ravana to desist from such acts:
But Maricha said that he had borne the brunt of the might of both
Rama and Lakshmana, once already. (RKRV Part II p.45) At
that stage, Maricha told Ravana: "This is a disastrous proposal. It
is said that men who are destined for destruction develop
disastrous ideas. No one can conquer Rama. You can never hope
to acquire Sita in all your life. Rama is God incarnate. Give up
this suicidal idea."
Maricha describes Rama’s power and beauty
Maricha was one of those who realised the omnipresence, the
omnipotence and the Divine greatness of Rama. Rama aimed an
arrow at him which threw him off miles away. That experience
made Maricha realise the Divine puissance of Rama. He declared