सर्गः १६
In which hideous Śūrpaṇakhā desires godlike Rāma, tells her Rāvaṇa kin, and demands marriage while threatening to devour Sītā
Rāma converses with brother after bath — Rāvaṇa sister Śūrpaṇakhā sees Rāma and lusts — Ugly Rākṣasī questions armed ascetic with wife — Rāma names family exile and asks her identity — Śūrpaṇakhā names brothers Rāvaṇa Kumbhakarṇa Vibhīṣaṇa Khara Dūṣaṇa — Śūrpaṇakhā seeks Rāma as husband scorning Sītā — Śūrpaṇakhā offers to eat Sītā Lakṣmaṇa and roam forests