The Battle Against Khar and Dushan

Shurpanakha's eyes blazed with anger. She stepped forward to catch the beautiful-eyed Seeta. Ram swiftly stopped her. "Lakshman, you should not have spoken sarcastically to this wretched creature," said Ram. "See how scared Seeta is." The demoness began to roar. Lakshman immediately produced a dagger and cut off her nose and ears.

Shurpanakha howled in pain and hurried back the way she had come. A stream of blood was flowing from her face, causing her to look more dreadful than she did before. She went straight to her cousins Khar and Dushan, surrounded by an army of demons. Khar and Dushan were twin brothers. 

"What happened to your face?" Khar asked Shurpanakha. "I will kill whoever mutilated you with my fatal arrows."

Shurpanakha, with her blood-soaked face, informed Khar everything she knew about Ram and Lakshman. He and Dushan set out with an army of fourteen thousand monsters to battle Ram and Lakshman. When Ram saw this enormous army marching toward Panchavati, he sensed danger. He told Lakshman and Seeta to hide, nocked an arrow on his bow, and got ready to thwart the demons' attack.

The demons attacked Ram from all four directions. However, Ram remained motionless, like a mountain struck by lightning. Some monsters' weapons injured Ram and his blood shone like the sun. Ram shot thousands of crescent-shaped arrows, which killed numerous demons. He also shielded himself from the demons' weapons. The demons ran helter-skelter, but Dushan recalled them to the battlefield.

Ram attacked Dushan's army, and demons kept falling dead. Their armor and weapons were strewn on the battlefield. In the end, all fourteen thousand demons were killed by a mere mortal. Dushan was also killed. Ram then used a powerful arrow gifted by Maharshi Agastya to pierce Khar's heart, killing him.

The gods in heaven were pleased by the deaths of these two powerful demons and showered flowers on Ram. Lakshman and Seeta came out of hiding. Maharshi Agastya and various other rishis congratulated Ram on his victory. Seeta was glad that her husband was safe and sound.