Khara asked Śūrpaṇakhā about the one who dared to deform her. She informed him about Rāma and told him that on His order Lakṣmaṇa had deformed her. Khara then ordered fourteen rākṣasas to kill Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa. Accompanied by Śūrpaṇakhā, they then went to Rāma’s āśrama.