Ravana said"Maricha, I have come to you in great distress, you are my only savior. You know that many rakshasas inhabit Janasthana. Ruled by Khara and commanded by me they spend their lives hounding and harassing the sages who live there. But now those dreaded heroes and their leaders are no more. In a battle with Rama, entire armies of rakshasas along with Khara, Dooshana and Trisira have perished rendering Janasthana a safe haven. That wretched Kshatriya, victim of his father's anger, has come along with his wife to live in this forest. Death beckons him perhaps! Rama is a man without character. Slave of his senses, pitiless, fickle and foolish, he revels in the misery of others. Without enmity he has disfigured Surpanakha. I will now get his wife, famed to be the most beautiful. For this I need your help, your valor is unrivaled, and your battle skills are incomparable and you are a master magician into the bargain! Transform yourself into a golden deer, dappled with silver spots and go to the place where Sita lives. Enchanted by you, she will want Rama and Lakshmana to capture you. With them out of the way, I can abduct Sita. Pining for her, Rama will be drained of his strength and I can then kill him with ease and without fear." The name of Rama startled Maricha. His mouth went dry and a great fear gripped him. Wetting his dry lips he went still as though petrified. Having experienced Rama's prowess in the past at Dandaka he was panic stricken. He wanted to tell Ravana the truth that would do them both good.