When Lakṣmaṇa asked Virādha about him, Virādha counterquestioned Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa about Them. When Rāma answered, Virādha informed Him of his father’s name and his prowess. He then told Rāma to give up Sītā and run away. Painfully struck by Rāma’s arrows, Virādha placed Sītā on the ground, took Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa on his shoulders and entered the middle of the forest.