maricha tried to stop ravana from kidnapping sita.
who tried to stop ravana from kidnapping sita?
maricha
[[surpanakha]] is greatly upset and visits [[ravana]] at his residence in lanka. she explains all that has happened, after which [[ravana]] calls for his old friend maricha. [[ravana]] hatches a plot and asks maricha to disguise himself as a golden deer, so that [[ravana]] may then kidnap sita. maricha has already felt the power of rama (as mentioned in bālakāṇḍa) and is apprehensive, however, he thinks that he is going to die either way since [[ravana]] will kill him in rage for refusing him. [[ravana]] and marich immediately leave for rama's forest abode. maricha takes his position and instantly sita is attracted by his deer form. rama knows that [[ravana]]'s intentions and orders sita to place her shadow ([[maya sita]]) in her place, while she would hide in the fire. she asks rama time and time again to hunt for the deer and bring it to her. rama runs after the deer and is soon quite a far distance away from the ashram. rama releases an arrow and hits the deer. impersonating rama's voice, marich shouts out to lakshman to help him. maya sita (hereafter called simply sita) hears the cry and orders laksman to go help his brother. [[ravana]], while posing as a begging minstrel, uses this opportunity to forcibly kidnap sita from the ashram. [[jatayu]], the eagle, sees [[ravana]]'s sinful act and attempts to fight with him, but [[ravana]] has too much power and cuts off [[jatayu]]'s wings and leaves him for dead. rama and lakshman return to find the ashram empty. they anxiously set out to find sita and find the severely wounded eagle. [[jatayu]] dies in rama's lap and receives liberation. as they continue to look for sita they come across the hermitage of [[shabari]]. tulsidas says that shabari washes the feet of ram with tears from her eyes and feeds him half eaten wild berries to ensure he gets only sweet ones. she is given liberation by rama.
ramcharitmanas
due to vibhishana's differences with ravana, because he was against the act of kidnapping sita and most of all because ravana wanted the throne for himself, he fled lanka. his mother, kaikesi, advised him to go and serve shri rama, who was at that time assembling an army to conquer ravana and to recover sita. he divulged the secrets of ravana's army and made sure rama ended up being victorious in the great battle. lord rama accepted vibhishana's service and anointed him the lord of lanka after ravana's death.
vibhishana