The occasion for war was (wanting Rāvana, possessed by lust, and continually thinking of Vaidehī, conceived along with his counsellors that the time for entering into hostilities had arrived.
अतीव कामसंपन्नो वैदेहीमनुचिन्तयन्। अतीतसमये काले तस्मिन्वै युधि रावणः। अमात्यैश्च सुहृद्भिश्च प्राप्तकालममन्यत॥