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The sleeper woken

Valmiki · Yuddha Kanda
6.60.1–6.65.52 (CrEd 6.48.1–6.53.45)

Routed by Rama, Ravana comes back to Lanka shaken and has his brother Kumbhakarna woken from the sleep laid on him by Brahma's curse; the rakshasas rouse him with din and blows and a thousand elephants, and he eats and drinks. Before Ravana he chides his brother for the folly they foresaw in council, then soothes him and vows to kill Rama, scorning Mahodara's scheme. Adorned by Ravana and taking on a giant form, he goes out to battle amid dread omens, driven by the force of Death.

Sanskrit · English·Translation: Raam Leela

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Part 1

The sleeper

Valmiki 6.60.1–69 (CrEd 6.48.1–60)

॥ 6.60.1–2 ॥

CrEd 6.48.1–2

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

स प्रविश्य पुरीं लङ्कां रामबाणभयार्दितः भग्नदर्पस् तदा राजा बभूव व्यथितेन्द्रियः मातंग इव सिंहेन गरुडेनेव पन्नगः अभिभूतोऽभवद् राजा राघवेण महात्मना ॥

sa praviśya purīṃ laṅkāṃ rāmabāṇabhayārditaḥ bhagnadarpas tadā rājā babhūva vyathitendriyaḥ mātaṃga iva siṃhena garuḍeneva pannagaḥ abhibhūto 'bhavad rājā rāghaveṇa mahātmanā

English

Entering the city of Lanka,
tormented by dread of Rama’s arrows,
his pride broken, the king
was shaken in every sense.
As an elephant by the lion,
as the serpent by Garuda,
the king lay overcome
by great-souled Raghava.

॥ 6.60.5, 7 ॥

CrEd 6.48.5, 7

condensed from 6.60.5, 7

Ravana

Sanskrit

सर्वं तत् खलु मे मोघं यत् तप्तं परमं तपः यत् समानो महेन्द्रेण मानुषेणास्मि निर्जितः … देवदानवगन्धर्वैर् यक्षराक्षसपन्नगैः अवध्यत्वं मया प्राप्तं मानुषेभ्यो न याचितम् ॥

sarvaṃ tat khalu me moghaṃ yat taptaṃ paramaṃ tapaḥ yat samāno mahendreṇa mānuṣeṇāsmi nirjitaḥ … devadānavagandharvair yakṣarākṣasapannagaiḥ avadhyatvaṃ mayā prāptaṃ mānuṣebhyo na yācitam

English

All of it was in vain for me,
the high austerity I practised,
since I, the equal of great Indra,
am beaten by a man.
…
From gods, danavas, gandharvas,
yakshas, rakshasas and serpents
I won the gift of not being slain;
from men I never asked it.

॥ 6.60.14–15 ॥

CrEd 6.48.10

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

स पराजितम् आत्मानं प्रहस्तं च निषूदितम् ज्ञात्वा रक्षोबलं भीमम् आदिदेश महाबलः ॥

sa parājitam ātmānaṃ prahastaṃ ca niṣūditam jñātvā rakṣobalaṃ bhīmam ādideśa mahābalaḥ

English

Knowing himself beaten
and Prahasta slain,
to the dread rakshasa host
the mighty king gave command.

॥ 6.60.13–14, 17–18 ॥

CrEd 6.48.9, 12

condensed from 6.60.13–14, 17–18

Ravana

Sanskrit

स चाप्रतिमगम्भीरो देवदानवदर्पहा ब्रह्मशापाभिभूतस् तु कुम्भकर्णो विबोध्यताम् … नव षट् सप्त चाष्टौ च मासान् स्वपिति राक्षसः तं तु बोधयत क्षिप्रं कुम्भकर्णं महाबलम् ॥

sa cāpratimagambhīro devadānavadarpahā brahmaśāpābhibhūtas tu kumbhakarṇo vibodhyatām … nava ṣaṭ sapta cāṣṭau ca māsān svapiti rākṣasaḥ taṃ tu bodhayata kṣipraṃ kumbhakarṇaṃ mahābalam

English

He, of matchless depth,
breaker of the pride of gods and danavas,
held down by Brahma’s curse,
let Kumbhakarna be woken.
…
Nine, six, seven and eight
months the rakshasa sleeps;
wake him, and quickly,
Kumbhakarna the mighty.

॥ 6.60.18–19, 21–22 ॥

CrEd 6.48.13, 15–16

condensed from 6.60.18–19, 21–22

Ravana

Sanskrit

स हि संख्ये महाबाहुः ककुदं सर्वरक्षसाम् वानरान् राजपुत्रौ च क्षिप्रम् एव वधिष्यति … किं करिष्याम्य् अहं तेन शक्रतुल्यबलेन हि ईदृशे व्यसने प्राप्ते यो न साह्याय कल्पते ॥

sa hi saṃkhye mahābāhuḥ kakudaṃ sarvarakṣasām vānarān rājaputrau ca kṣipram eva vadhiṣyati … kiṃ kariṣyāmy ahaṃ tena śakratulyabalena hi īdṛśe vyasane prāpte yo na sāhyāya kalpate

English

For he, mighty-armed in battle,
the crest of all the rakshasas,
the vanaras and the two princes
will swiftly slay.
…
What shall I do with him,
for all his strength like Shakra’s,
if, when such disaster comes,
he will not serve to help?

॥ 6.60.23–26 ॥

CrEd 6.48.18–20

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

तां प्रविश्य महाद्वारां सर्वतो योजनायताम् कुम्भकर्णगुहां रम्यां सर्वगन्धप्रवाहिनीम् प्रतिष्ठमानाः कृच्छ्रेण यत्नात् प्रविविशुर् गुहाम् तां प्रविश्य गुहां रम्यां शुभां काञ्चनकुट्टिमाम् ॥

tāṃ praviśya mahādvārāṃ sarvato yojanāyatām kumbhakarṇaguhāṃ ramyāṃ sarvagandhapravāhinīm pratiṣṭhamānāḥ kṛcchreṇa yatnāt praviviśur guhām tāṃ praviśya guhāṃ ramyāṃ śubhāṃ kāñcanakuṭṭimām

English

Entering it, with its great door,
a yojana across on every side,
Kumbhakarna’s lovely cave,
wafting every fragrance,
pressing on with labour,
with effort they went into the cave;
entering that lovely cave,
fair, its floor of gold,

॥ 6.60.26–30 ॥

CrEd 6.48.21–23

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

ते तु तं विकृतं सुप्तं विकीर्णम् इव पर्वतम् कुम्भकर्णं महानिद्रं सहिताः प्रत्यबोधयन् ऊर्ध्वरोमाञ्चिततनुं श्वसन्तम् इव पन्नगम् त्रासयन्तं महाश्वासैः शयानं भीमदर्शनम् भीमनासापुटं तं तु पातालविपुलाननम् ॥

te tu taṃ vikṛtaṃ suptaṃ vikīrṇam iva parvatam kumbhakarṇaṃ mahānidraṃ sahitāḥ pratyabodhayan ūrdhvaromāñcitatanuṃ śvasantam iva pannagam trāsayantaṃ mahāśvāsaiḥ śayānaṃ bhīmadarśanam bhīmanāsāpuṭaṃ taṃ tu pātālavipulānanam

English

Him, misshapen, sleeping,
like a mountain fallen apart,
Kumbhakarna in his great sleep,
together they set to waking:
his body bristling, hair on end,
breathing like a serpent,
terrifying with his great breaths,
lying there, dreadful to see,
with fearsome nostrils,
his mouth as wide as the underworld.

॥ 6.60.30–34 ॥

CrEd 6.48.24–27

condensed from 6.60.30–34

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

ततश् चक्रुर् महात्मानः कुम्भकर्णाग्रतस् तदा मांसानां मेरुसंकाशं राशिं परमतर्पणम् … ततः शोणितकुम्भांश् च मद्यानि विविधानि च पुरस्तात् कुम्भकर्णस्य चक्रुस् त्रिदशशत्रवः लिलिपुश् च परार्ध्येन चन्दनेन परंतपम् दिव्यैर् आच्छादयाम् आसुर् माल्यैर् गन्धैः सुगन्धिभिः ॥

tataś cakrur mahātmānaḥ kumbhakarṇāgratas tadā māṃsānāṃ merusaṃkāśaṃ rāśiṃ paramatarpaṇam … tataḥ śoṇitakumbhāṃś ca madyāni vividhāni ca purastāt kumbhakarṇasya cakrus tridaśaśatravaḥ lilipuś ca parārdhyena candanena paraṃtapam divyair ācchādayām āsur mālyair gandhaiḥ sugandhibhiḥ

English

Then the great-souled ones made
before Kumbhakarna
a heap of meat like Meru,
a feast to sate him.
…
Then pots of blood
and wines of many kinds
before Kumbhakarna
the foes of the gods set down;
they smeared the scorcher of foes
with costly sandal,
and covered him with heavenly garlands
and sweet perfumes.

॥ 6.60.35–37 ॥

CrEd 6.48.29–31

condensed from 6.60.35–37

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

शङ्खान् आपूरयाम् आसुः शशाङ्कसदृशप्रभान् तुमुलं युगपच् चापि विनेदुश् चाप्य् अमर्षिताः … सशङ्खभेरीपटहप्रणादम् आस्फोटितक्ष्वेडितसिंहनादम् दिशो द्रवन्तस् त्रिदिवं किरन्तः श्रुत्वा विहंगाः सहसा निपेतुः ॥

śaṅkhān āpūrayām āsuḥ śaśāṅkasadṛśaprabhān tumulaṃ yugapac cāpi vineduś cāpy amarṣitāḥ … saśaṅkhabherīpaṭahapraṇādam āsphoṭitakṣveḍitasiṃhanādam diśo dravantas tridivaṃ kirantaḥ śrutvā vihaṃgāḥ sahasā nipetuḥ

English

They blew the conches
whose light was like the moon’s,
and all at once, impatient,
raised a tumult of roars.
…
At the din of conch, kettledrum and tabor,
the clapping, shouting, lion-roars,
the birds that fled to every quarter, filling the sky,
hearing it, fell suddenly to earth.

॥ 6.60.41–43, 50–52 ॥

CrEd 6.48.35–36, 44

condensed from 6.60.41–43, 50–52

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

ततोऽस्य पुरतो गाढं राक्षसा भीमविक्रमाः मृदङ्गपणवान् भेरीः शङ्खकुम्भगणांस् तथा दशराक्षससाहस्रं युगपत् पर्यवादयन् … अन्ये भेरीः समाजघ्नुर् अन्ये चक्रुर् महास्वनम् केशान् अन्ये प्रलुलुपुः कर्णाव् अन्ये दशन्ति च न कुम्भकर्णः पस्पन्दे महानिद्रावशं गतः ॥

tato 'sya purato gāḍhaṃ rākṣasā bhīmavikramāḥ mṛdaṅgapaṇavān bherīḥ śaṅkhakumbhagaṇāṃs tathā daśarākṣasasāhasraṃ yugapat paryavādayan … anye bherīḥ samājaghnur anye cakrur mahāsvanam keśān anye pralulupuḥ karṇāv anye daśanti ca na kumbhakarṇaḥ paspande mahānidrāvaśaṃ gataḥ

English

Then before him, loudly,
rakshasas of terrible valour,
tabors and drums, kettledrums,
conches and throngs of pots,
ten thousand rakshasas
sounded all at once.
…
Some beat kettledrums,
some raised a mighty clamour,
some tore at his hair,
some bit at his ears;
Kumbhakarna did not stir,
held in the power of the great sleep.

॥ 6.60.54–55 ॥

CrEd 6.48.47

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

वारणानां सहस्रं तु शरीरेऽस्य प्रधावितम् कुम्भकर्णस् ततो बुद्धः स्पर्शं परम् अबुध्यत ॥

vāraṇānāṃ sahasraṃ tu śarīre 'sya pradhāvitam kumbhakarṇas tato buddhaḥ sparśaṃ param abudhyata

English

A thousand elephants
ran over his body;
then Kumbhakarna woke,
and felt a touch.

॥ 6.60.55 ॥

CrEd 6.48.47

silent moment

॥ 6.60.55, 57 ॥

CrEd 6.48.48, 50

condensed from 6.60.55, 57

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

स पात्यमानैर् गिरिशृङ्गवृक्षैर् अचिन्तयंस् तान् विपुलान् प्रहारान् निद्राक्षयात् क्षुद्भयपीडितश् च विजृम्भमाणः सहसोत्पपात … तस्य जाजृम्भमाणस्य वक्त्रं पातालसंनिभम् ददृशे मेरुशृङ्गाग्रे दिवाकर इवोदितः ॥

sa pātyamānair giriśṛṅgavṛkṣair acintayaṃs tān vipulān prahārān nidrākṣayāt kṣudbhayapīḍitaś ca vijṛmbhamāṇaḥ sahasotpapāta … tasya jājṛmbhamāṇasya vaktraṃ pātālasaṃnibham dadṛśe meruśṛṅgāgre divākara ivoditaḥ

English

Under the falling peaks and trees,
heedless of those heavy blows,
his sleep spent, racked with hunger,
yawning, he sprang suddenly up.
…
As he yawned and yawned,
his mouth, like the underworld,
looked like the sun
risen on the peak of Meru.

॥ 6.60.62–63 ॥

CrEd 6.48.54–55

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

आदद् बुभुक्षितो मांसं शोणितं तृषितोऽपिबत् मेदः कुम्भं च मद्यं च पपौ शक्ररिपुस् तदा ततस् तृप्त इति ज्ञात्वा समुत्पेतुर् निशाचराः शिरोभिश् च प्रणम्यैनं सर्वतः पर्यवारयन् ॥

ādad bubhukṣito māṃsaṃ śoṇitaṃ tṛṣito 'pibat medaḥ kumbhaṃ ca madyaṃ ca papau śakraripus tadā tatas tṛpta iti jñātvā samutpetur niśācarāḥ śirobhiś ca praṇamyainaṃ sarvataḥ paryavārayan

English

Hungry, he took the meat;
thirsty, he drank the blood;
fat, and a pot of wine,
Indra’s foe then drank.
Then, knowing him sated,
the night-rangers rose,
bowed their heads to him,
and stood round him on every side.

॥ 6.60.66, 69 ॥

CrEd 6.48.57, 60

condensed from 6.60.66, 69

Kumbhakarna

Sanskrit

किमर्थम् अहम् आहत्य भवद्भिः प्रतिबोधितः कच्चित् सुकुशलं राज्ञो भयं वा नेह किं चन … न ह्य् अल्पकारणे सुप्तं बोधयिष्यति मां भृशम् ॥

kimartham aham āhatya bhavadbhiḥ pratibodhitaḥ kaccit sukuśalaṃ rājño bhayaṃ vā neha kiṃ cana … na hy alpakāraṇe suptaṃ bodhayiṣyati māṃ bhṛśam

English

Why, with blows,
have you woken me?
Is all well with the king?
Is there no fear here at all?
…
For not for a small cause
would he so wake me from sleep.

॥ 6.60.68–69 ॥

CrEd 6.48.59–60

condensed from 6.60.68–69

Kumbhakarna

Sanskrit

अद्य राक्षसराजस्य भयम् उत्पाटयाम्य् अहम् पातयिष्ये महेन्द्रं वा शातयिष्ये तथानलम् … तद् आख्यातार्थतत्त्वेन मत्प्रबोधनकारणम् ॥

adya rākṣasarājasya bhayam utpāṭayāmy aham pātayiṣye mahendraṃ vā śātayiṣye tathānalam … tad ākhyātārthatattvena matprabodhanakāraṇam

English

Today the rakshasa king’s fear
I will tear out by the root;
I will bring down great Indra,
or fell the Fire as well.
…
Tell me, then, in very truth,
the reason I was woken.

Part 2

Who is to die today?

Valmiki 6.60.70–94; 6.61.8–30; 6.62.1–23; 6.63.1–29 (CrEd 6.48.61–85; 6.49.8–28; 6.50.1–19; 6.51.1–27)

॥ 6.60.70–72, 76 ॥

CrEd 6.48.61–62, 66

condensed from 6.60.70–72, 76

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

न नो देवकृतं किं चिद् भयम् अस्ति कदा चन न दैत्यदानवेभ्यो वा भयम् अस्ति हि तादृशम् यादृशं मानुषं राजन् भयम् अस्मान् उपस्थितम् … यन् न देवैः कृतो राजा नापि दैत्यैर् न दानवैः कृतः स इह रामेण विमुक्तः प्राणसंशयात् ॥

na no devakṛtaṃ kiṃ cid bhayam asti kadā cana na daityadānavebhyo vā bhayam asti hi tādṛśam yādṛśaṃ mānuṣaṃ rājan bhayam asmān upasthitam … yan na devaiḥ kṛto rājā nāpi daityair na dānavaiḥ kṛtaḥ sa iha rāmeṇa vimuktaḥ prāṇasaṃśayāt

English

No fear made by the gods
has ever come on us,
nor from daityas and danavas
any fear such as this,
such as this fear from a man, king,
that now has come on us.
…
What neither gods did to the king,
nor daityas, nor danavas,
Rama has done here:
he let him go, his life in doubt.

॥ 6.60.77 ॥

CrEd 6.48.67

silent moment

॥ 6.60.81 ॥

CrEd 6.48.71

Mahodara

Sanskrit

रावणस्य वचः श्रुत्वा गुणदोषौ विमृश्य च पश्चाद् अपि महाबाहो शत्रून् युधि विजेष्यसि ॥

rāvaṇasya vacaḥ śrutvā guṇadoṣau vimṛśya ca paścād api mahābāho śatrūn yudhi vijeṣyasi

English

Hear first the words of Ravana,
weigh the good and the ill;
afterwards too, mighty-armed,
you will conquer the foe in battle.

॥ 6.60.88 ॥

CrEd 6.48.78

Wakers

Sanskrit

द्रष्टुं त्वां काङ्क्षते राजा सर्वराक्षसपुंगवः गमने क्रियतां बुद्धिर् भ्रातरं संप्रहर्षय ॥

draṣṭuṃ tvāṃ kāṅkṣate rājā sarvarākṣasapuṃgavaḥ gamane kriyatāṃ buddhir bhrātaraṃ saṃpraharṣaya

English

The king longs to see you,
bull among all rakshasas;
set your mind on going;
gladden your brother.

॥ 6.60.89–90, 92–94 ॥

CrEd 6.48.79–80, 82, 84

condensed from 6.60.89–90, 92–94

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

कुम्भकर्णस् तु दुर्धर्षो भ्रातुर् आज्ञाय शासनम् तथेत्य् उक्त्वा महावीर्यः शयनाद् उत्पपात ह प्रक्षाल्य वदनं हृष्टः स्नातः परमभूषितः … पीत्वा घटसहस्रं स गमनायोपचक्रमे … भ्रातुः स भवनं गच्छन् रक्षोबलसमन्वितः कुम्भकर्णः पदन्यासैर् अकम्पयत मेदिनीम् ॥

kumbhakarṇas tu durdharṣo bhrātur ājñāya śāsanam tathety uktvā mahāvīryaḥ śayanād utpapāta ha prakṣālya vadanaṃ hṛṣṭaḥ snātaḥ paramabhūṣitaḥ … pītvā ghaṭasahasraṃ sa gamanāyopacakrame … bhrātuḥ sa bhavanaṃ gacchan rakṣobalasamanvitaḥ kumbhakarṇaḥ padanyāsair akampayata medinīm

English

Kumbhakarna, hard to withstand,
taking in his brother’s command,
said “So be it,” and the mighty one
sprang up from his bed.
He washed his face, glad,
bathed, and was finely adorned;
…
having drunk a thousand pots,
he set out to go.
…
Going to his brother’s house,
with the rakshasa host about him,
Kumbhakarna with his footfalls
made the earth shake.

॥ 6.60.94; 6.62.2 ॥

CrEd 6.48.85; 6.50.2

condensed from 6.60.94; 6.62.2

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

स राजमार्गं वपुषा प्रकाशयन् सहस्ररश्मिर् धरणीम् इवांशुभिः ।
जगाम तत्राञ्जलिमालया वृतः शतक्रतुर् गेहम् इव स्वयम्भुवः ।
… ।
राक्षसानां सहस्रैश् च वृतः परमदुर्जयः ।
गृहेभ्यः पुष्पवर्षेण कीर्यमाणस् तदा ययौ ॥

sa rājamārgaṃ vapuṣā prakāśayan sahasraraśmir dharaṇīm ivāṃśubhiḥ
jagāma tatrāñjalimālayā vṛtaḥ śatakratur geham iva svayambhuvaḥ
…
rākṣasānāṃ sahasraiś ca vṛtaḥ paramadurjayaḥ
gṛhebhyaḥ puṣpavarṣeṇa kīryamāṇas tadā yayau

English

Lighting the royal road with his body,
as the thousand-rayed sun the earth with its beams,
he went there, ringed by a garland of joined palms,
as Indra to the house of the Self-born.
…
Ringed by thousands of rakshasas,
the one most hard to conquer
went on, showered with flowers
falling from the houses.

॥ 6.61.8 ॥

CrEd 6.49.8

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

स पृष्टो राजपुत्रेण रामेणाक्लिष्टकारिणा विभीषणो महाप्राज्ञः काकुत्स्थम् इदम् अब्रवीत् ॥

sa pṛṣṭo rājaputreṇa rāmeṇākliṣṭakāriṇā vibhīṣaṇo mahāprājñaḥ kākutstham idam abravīt

English

Asked by the prince,
by Rama of tireless deeds,
Vibhishana, wise of mind,
spoke thus to Kakutstha.

॥ 6.61.12–13, 17 ॥

CrEd 6.49.12–13, 17

condensed from 6.61.12–13, 17

Vibhishana

Sanskrit

प्रकृत्या ह्य् एष तेजस्वी कुम्भकर्णो महाबलः अन्येषां राक्षसेन्द्राणां वरदानकृतं बलम् एतेन जातमात्रेण क्षुधार्तेन महात्मना भक्षितानि सहस्राणि सत्त्वानां सुबहून्य् अपि … ततः कोपान् महेन्द्रस्य कुम्भकर्णो महाबलः विकृष्यैरावताद् दन्तं जघानोरसि वासवम् ॥

prakṛtyā hy eṣa tejasvī kumbhakarṇo mahābalaḥ anyeṣāṃ rākṣasendrāṇāṃ varadānakṛtaṃ balam etena jātamātreṇa kṣudhārtena mahātmanā bhakṣitāni sahasrāṇi sattvānāṃ subahūny api … tataḥ kopān mahendrasya kumbhakarṇo mahābalaḥ vikṛṣyairāvatād dantaṃ jaghānorasi vāsavam

English

For by nature he is splendid,
this Kumbhakarna, mighty;
the other rakshasa lords
have strength made of boons.
No sooner was he born
than, racked with hunger, the great one
devoured thousands upon thousands
of living creatures.
…
Then, in wrath at great Indra,
Kumbhakarna the mighty
tore the tusk from Airavata
and struck Vasava on the breast.

॥ 6.61.23–25 ॥

CrEd 6.49.22–23

Vibhishana

Sanskrit

कुम्भकर्णं समीक्ष्यैव वितत्रास प्रजापतिः दृष्ट्वा निश्वस्य चैवेदं स्वयम्भूर् इदम् अब्रवीत् ध्रुवं लोकविनाशाय पौरस्त्येनासि निर्मितः तस्मात् त्वम् अद्य प्रभृति मृतकल्पः शयिष्यसि ॥

kumbhakarṇaṃ samīkṣyaiva vitatrāsa prajāpatiḥ dṛṣṭvā niśvasya caivedaṃ svayambhūr idam abravīt dhruvaṃ lokavināśāya paurastyenāsi nirmitaḥ tasmāt tvam adya prabhṛti mṛtakalpaḥ śayiṣyasi

English

At the very sight of Kumbhakarna
Prajapati trembled;
seeing him, and sighing,
the Self-born spoke these words:
“Surely for the ruin of the worlds
Paulastya fashioned you;
therefore from this day on
you shall sleep like the dead.”

॥ 6.61.25–28, 30 ॥

CrEd 6.49.24–26, 28

condensed from 6.61.25–28, 30

Vibhishana

Sanskrit

ततः परमसंभ्रान्तो रावणो वाक्यम् अब्रवीत् विवृद्धः काञ्चनो वृक्षः फलकाले निकृत्यते … शयिता ह्य् एष षण् मासान् एकाहं जागरिष्यति … सोऽसौ व्यसनम् आपन्नः कुम्भकर्णम् अबोधयत् त्वत्पराक्रमभीतश् च राजा संप्रति रावणः ॥

tataḥ paramasaṃbhrānto rāvaṇo vākyam abravīt vivṛddhaḥ kāñcano vṛkṣaḥ phalakāle nikṛtyate … śayitā hy eṣa ṣaṇ māsān ekāhaṃ jāgariṣyati … so 'sau vyasanam āpannaḥ kumbhakarṇam abodhayat tvatparākramabhītaś ca rājā saṃprati rāvaṇaḥ

English

Then, in great alarm,
Ravana spoke these words:
“A golden tree, grown tall,
is felled at the time of fruit.”
…
“Six months he shall sleep,
and one day he shall wake.”
…
He, fallen now into disaster,
has woken Kumbhakarna,
in fear of your valour,
the king, Ravana, now.

॥ 6.62.4, 6 ॥

CrEd 6.50.4–5

condensed from 6.62.4, 6

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

स तत् तदा सूर्य इवाभ्रजालं प्रविश्य रक्षोऽधिपतेर् निवेशनम् ददर्श दूरेऽग्रजम् आसनस्थं स्वयम्भुवं शक्र इवासनस्थम् … ददर्शोद्विग्नम् आसीनं विमाने पुष्पके गुरुम् ॥

sa tat tadā sūrya ivābhrajālaṃ praviśya rakṣo'dhipater niveśanam dadarśa dūre 'grajam āsanasthaṃ svayambhuvaṃ śakra ivāsanastham … dadarśodvignam āsīnaṃ vimāne puṣpake gurum

English

Then, like the sun into a net of cloud,
entering the dwelling of the rakshasa lord,
he saw far off his elder brother on his seat,
as Shakra sees the Self-born on his seat.
…
He saw his elder, troubled, seated
in the chariot Pushpaka.

॥ 6.62.7–9 ॥

CrEd 6.50.6–7

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

अथ दृष्ट्वा दशग्रीवः कुम्भकर्णम् उपस्थितम् ।
तूर्णम् उत्थाय संहृष्टः संनिकर्षम् उपानयत् ।
अथासीनस्य पर्यङ्के कुम्भकर्णो महाबलः ।
भ्रातुर् ववन्दे चरणौ किं कृत्यम् इति चाब्रवीत् ।
उत्पत्य चैनं मुदितो रावणः परिषस्वजे ॥

atha dṛṣṭvā daśagrīvaḥ kumbhakarṇam upasthitam
tūrṇam utthāya saṃhṛṣṭaḥ saṃnikarṣam upānayat
athāsīnasya paryaṅke kumbhakarṇo mahābalaḥ
bhrātur vavande caraṇau kiṃ kṛtyam iti cābravīt
utpatya cainaṃ mudito rāvaṇaḥ pariṣasvaje

English

Then, seeing Kumbhakarna come,
Ten-necked Ravana,
rising quickly, glad,
drew him close.
Then to him seated on the couch
Kumbhakarna the mighty
bowed at his brother’s feet, and said,
“What is to be done?”
And Ravana, springing up in joy,
embraced him.

॥ 6.62.11–12 ॥

CrEd 6.50.10

Kumbhakarna

Sanskrit

किमर्थम् अहम् आदृत्य त्वया राजन् प्रबोधितः शंस कस्माद् भयं तेऽस्ति कोऽद्य प्रेतो भविष्यति ॥

kimartham aham ādṛtya tvayā rājan prabodhitaḥ śaṃsa kasmād bhayaṃ te 'sti ko 'dya preto bhaviṣyati

English

Why, with such honour,
king, have you woken me?
Say, from whom is your fear?
Who is to be a ghost today?

॥ 6.62.13–16 ॥

CrEd 6.50.11–14

Ravana

Sanskrit

अद्य ते सुमहान् कालः शयानस्य महाबल सुखितस् त्वं न जानीषे मम रामकृतं भयम् एष दाशरथी रामः सुग्रीवसहितो बली समुद्रं सबलस् तीर्त्वा मूलं नः परिकृन्तति हन्त पश्यस्व लङ्काया वनान्य् उपवनानि च सेतुना सुखम् आगम्य वानरैकार्णवं कृतम् ॥

adya te sumahān kālaḥ śayānasya mahābala sukhitas tvaṃ na jānīṣe mama rāmakṛtaṃ bhayam eṣa dāśarathī rāmaḥ sugrīvasahito balī samudraṃ sabalas tīrtvā mūlaṃ naḥ parikṛntati hanta paśyasva laṅkāyā vanāny upavanāni ca setunā sukham āgamya vānaraikārṇavaṃ kṛtam

English

Long indeed has been your time
lying asleep, O mighty one;
at ease, you do not know
the fear that Rama brings me.
Here is Rama, Dasharatha’s son,
strong, with Sugriva at his side;
he has crossed the sea with his army,
and cuts away our root.
Look, alas, at Lanka’s
woods and groves:
come at ease by the bridge,
they have made one sea of monkeys.

॥ 6.62.19–21 ॥

CrEd 6.50.16–17

Ravana

Sanskrit

सर्वक्षपितकोशं च स त्वम् अभ्यवपद्य माम् त्रायस्वेमां पुरीं लङ्कां बालवृद्धावशेषिताम् भ्रातुर् अर्थे महाबाहो कुरु कर्म सुदुष्करम् मयैवं नोक्तपूर्वो हि कश् चिद् भ्रातः परंतप ॥

sarvakṣapitakośaṃ ca sa tvam abhyavapadya mām trāyasvemāṃ purīṃ laṅkāṃ bālavṛddhāvaśeṣitām bhrātur arthe mahābāho kuru karma suduṣkaram mayaivaṃ noktapūrvo hi kaś cid bhrātaḥ paraṃtapa

English

My treasury all spent,
stand by me, you;
save this city of Lanka,
where only children and the old remain.
For your brother’s sake, mighty-armed,
do a deed most hard to do;
never before have I spoken so
to anyone, brother, scorcher of foes.

॥ 6.63.1 ॥

CrEd 6.51.1

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

तस्य राक्षसराजस्य निशम्य परिदेवितम् कुम्भकर्णो बभाषेऽथ वचनं प्रजहास च ॥

tasya rākṣasarājasya niśamya paridevitam kumbhakarṇo babhāṣe 'tha vacanaṃ prajahāsa ca

English

Hearing the lament
of that king of rakshasas,
Kumbhakarna spoke these words,
and laughed.

॥ 6.63.2–3 ॥

CrEd 6.51.2–3

Kumbhakarna

Sanskrit

दृष्टो दोषो हि योऽस्माभिः पुरा मन्त्रविनिर्णये हितेष्व् अनभियुक्तेन सोऽयम् आसादितस् त्वया शीघ्रं खल्व् अभ्युपेतं त्वां फलं पापस्य कर्मणः निरयेष्व् एव पतनं यथा दुष्कृतकर्मणः ॥

dṛṣṭo doṣo hi yo 'smābhiḥ purā mantravinirṇaye hiteṣv anabhiyuktena so 'yam āsāditas tvayā śīghraṃ khalv abhyupetaṃ tvāṃ phalaṃ pāpasya karmaṇaḥ nirayeṣv eva patanaṃ yathā duṣkṛtakarmaṇaḥ

English

The fault that we foresaw
long since, in deciding counsel,
heedless of your good,
you have met it now.
Swiftly indeed it has come on you,
the fruit of your evil deed,
as the fall into the hells
comes to the doer of evil.

॥ 6.63.22 ॥

CrEd 6.51.21

silent moment

॥ 6.63.23, 25–26, 28 ॥

CrEd 6.51.22, 24, 26

condensed from 6.63.23, 25–26, 28

Ravana

Sanskrit

मान्यो गुरुर् इवाचार्यः किं मां त्वम् अनुशासति किम् एवं वाक्श्रमं कृत्वा काले युक्तं विधीयताम् … अस्मिन् काले तु यद् युक्तं तद् इदानीं विधीयताम् ममापनयजं दोषं विक्रमेण समीकुरु … स सुहृद्यो विपन्नार्थं दीनम् अभ्यवपद्यते स बन्धुर् योऽपनीतेषु साहाय्यायोपकल्पते ॥

mānyo gurur ivācāryaḥ kiṃ māṃ tvam anuśāsati kim evaṃ vākśramaṃ kṛtvā kāle yuktaṃ vidhīyatām … asmin kāle tu yad yuktaṃ tad idānīṃ vidhīyatām mamāpanayajaṃ doṣaṃ vikrameṇa samīkuru … sa suhṛdyo vipannārthaṃ dīnam abhyavapadyate sa bandhur yo 'panīteṣu sāhāyyāyopakalpate

English

Like an honoured elder, a teacher,
why do you lecture me?
Why spend this toil of words?
Let what the hour asks be done.
…
What is fitting at this hour,
let that be done now;
the fault born of my folly
make good by your valour.
…
He is a friend who stands by
the ruined and the wretched;
he is kin who comes to help
those who have gone astray.

॥ 6.63.29 ॥

CrEd 6.51.27

silent moment

Part 3

The ornaments

Valmiki 6.63.29–58; 6.64.1–36; 6.65.1–52 (CrEd 6.51.27–47; 6.52.1–35; 6.53.1–45)

॥ 6.63.29–30 ॥

CrEd 6.51.27–28

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

तम् अथैवं ब्रुवाणं तु वचनं धीरदारुणम् रुष्टोऽयम् इति विज्ञाय शनैः श्लक्ष्णम् उवाच ह अतीव हि समालक्ष्य भ्रातरं क्षुभितेन्द्रियम् कुम्भकर्णः शनैर् वाक्यं बभाषे परिसान्त्वयन् ॥

tam athaivaṃ bruvāṇaṃ tu vacanaṃ dhīradāruṇam ruṣṭo 'yam iti vijñāya śanaiḥ ślakṣṇam uvāca ha atīva hi samālakṣya bhrātaraṃ kṣubhitendriyam kumbhakarṇaḥ śanair vākyaṃ babhāṣe parisāntvayan

English

To him, speaking so,
words firm and harsh,
knowing, “He is angry,”
he spoke slowly, gently;
seeing full well
his brother shaken in every sense,
Kumbhakarna spoke slowly,
seeking to soothe him.

॥ 6.63.31–32 ॥

CrEd 6.51.29–30

Kumbhakarna

Sanskrit

अलं राक्षसराजेन्द्र संतापम् उपपद्य ते रोषं च संपरित्यज्य स्वस्थो भवितुम् अर्हसि नैतन् मनसि कर्तव्यं मयि जीवति पार्थिव तम् अहं नाशयिष्यामि यत्कृते परितप्यसे ॥

alaṃ rākṣasarājendra saṃtāpam upapadya te roṣaṃ ca saṃparityajya svastho bhavitum arhasi naitan manasi kartavyaṃ mayi jīvati pārthiva tam ahaṃ nāśayiṣyāmi yatkṛte paritapyase

English

Enough, king of rakshasa kings,
of yielding to this grief;
put away your anger too,
and be yourself again.
Take this not to heart,
king, while I live;
I will destroy him
for whose sake you burn.

॥ 6.63.33, 38 ॥

CrEd 6.51.31, 36

condensed from 6.63.33, 38

Kumbhakarna

Sanskrit

अवश्यं तु हितं वाच्यं सर्वावस्थं मया तव बन्धुभावाद् अभिहितं भ्रातृस्नेहाच् च पार्थिव … अद्य शोकपरीतानां स्वबन्धुवधकारणात् शत्रोर् युधि विनाशेन करोम्य् अस्रप्रमार्जनम् ॥

avaśyaṃ tu hitaṃ vācyaṃ sarvāvasthaṃ mayā tava bandhubhāvād abhihitaṃ bhrātṛsnehāc ca pārthiva … adya śokaparītānāṃ svabandhuvadhakāraṇāt śatror yudhi vināśena karomy asrapramārjanam

English

Yet what is for your good I must speak,
in every state of things;
I said it out of kinship, king,
and out of a brother’s love.
…
Today, for those wrapped in grief
at the slaying of their kin,
by the foe’s destruction in battle
I will wipe away the tears.

॥ 6.64.1 ॥

CrEd 6.52.1

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

तद् उक्तम् अतिकायस्य बलिनो बाहुशालिनः कुम्भकर्णस्य वचनं श्रुत्वोवाच महोदरः ॥

tad uktam atikāyasya balino bāhuśālinaḥ kumbhakarṇasya vacanaṃ śrutvovāca mahodaraḥ

English

Hearing those words
of the huge one, the strong, the mighty-armed,
the words of Kumbhakarna,
Mahodara spoke.

॥ 6.64.12, 14 ॥

CrEd 6.52.12, 14

condensed from 6.64.12, 14

Mahodara

Sanskrit

येन पूर्वं जनस्थाने बहवोऽतिबला हताः राक्षसा राघवं तं त्वं कथम् एको जयिष्यसि … तं सिंहम् इव संक्रुद्धं रामं दशरथात्मजम् सर्पं सुप्तम् इवाबुद्ध्या प्रबोधयितुम् इच्छसि ॥

yena pūrvaṃ janasthāne bahavo 'tibalā hatāḥ rākṣasā rāghavaṃ taṃ tvaṃ katham eko jayiṣyasi … taṃ siṃham iva saṃkruddhaṃ rāmaṃ daśarathātmajam sarpaṃ suptam ivābuddhyā prabodhayitum icchasi

English

He by whom, long since, at Janasthana,
many rakshasas of surpassing strength
were slain, that Raghava:
how will you conquer him alone?
…
Him, like a lion enraged,
Rama, Dasharatha’s son,
like a sleeping serpent, in your folly
you would wake.

॥ 6.64.25–26, 32 ॥

CrEd 6.52.25–26, 31

condensed from 6.64.25–26, 32

Mahodara

Sanskrit

वयं युद्धाद् इहैष्यामो रुधिरेण समुक्षिताः विदार्य स्वतनुं बाणै रामनामाङ्कितैः शितैः भक्षितो राघवोऽस्माभिर् लक्ष्मणश् चेति वादिनः … अनयोपधया राजन् भयशोकानुबन्धया अकामा त्वद्वशं सीता नष्टनाथा गमिष्यति ॥

vayaṃ yuddhād ihaiṣyāmo rudhireṇa samukṣitāḥ vidārya svatanuṃ bāṇai rāmanāmāṅkitaiḥ śitaiḥ bhakṣito rāghavo 'smābhir lakṣmaṇaś ceti vādinaḥ … anayopadhayā rājan bhayaśokānubandhayā akāmā tvadvaśaṃ sītā naṣṭanāthā gamiṣyati

English

We shall come back here from the battle,
drenched with blood,
our own bodies torn with sharp arrows
marked with Rama’s name,
crying, “Raghava is eaten by us,
and Lakshmana too.”
…
By this ruse, O king,
bound up with fear and grief,
unwilling, into your power Sita,
her lord lost, will come.

॥ 6.65.3, 6–8 ॥

CrEd 6.53.3, 6–8

condensed from 6.65.3, 6–8

Kumbhakarna

Sanskrit

गर्जन्ति न वृथा शूर निर्जला इव तोयदाः पश्य संपाद्यमानं तु गर्जितं युधि कर्मणा … युद्धे कापुरुषैर् नित्यं भवद्भिः प्रियवादिभिः राजानम् अनुगच्छद्भिः कृत्यम् एतद् विनाशितम् राजशेषा कृता लङ्का क्षीणः कोशो बलं हतम् … एष निर्याम्य् अहं युद्धम् उद्यतः शत्रुनिर्जये दुर्नयं भवताम् अद्य समीकर्तुं महाहवे ॥

garjanti na vṛthā śūra nirjalā iva toyadāḥ paśya saṃpādyamānaṃ tu garjitaṃ yudhi karmaṇā … yuddhe kāpuruṣair nityaṃ bhavadbhiḥ priyavādibhiḥ rājānam anugacchadbhiḥ kṛtyam etad vināśitam rājaśeṣā kṛtā laṅkā kṣīṇaḥ kośo balaṃ hatam … eṣa niryāmy ahaṃ yuddham udyataḥ śatrunirjaye durnayaṃ bhavatām adya samīkartuṃ mahāhave

English

The brave do not thunder in vain,
like clouds without water;
see my thunder made good
in battle, by deeds.
…
In war, by such as you, cowards,
ever speaking what pleases,
ever following the king,
this work has been undone.
Lanka is left with only its king,
the treasury drained, the army slain.
…
Here I go out to battle,
ready to conquer the foe,
to set right your folly
today, in the great fight.

॥ 6.65.10–11 ॥

CrEd 6.53.10–11

Ravana

Sanskrit

महोदरोऽयं रामात् तु परित्रस्तो न संशयः ।
न हि रोचयते तात युद्धं युद्धविशारद ।
कश् चिन् मे त्वत्समो नास्ति सौहृदेन बलेन च ।
गच्छ शत्रुवधाय त्वं कुम्भकर्ण जयाय च ॥

mahodaro 'yaṃ rāmāt tu paritrasto na saṃśayaḥ
na hi rocayate tāta yuddhaṃ yuddhaviśārada
kaś cin me tvatsamo nāsti sauhṛdena balena ca
gaccha śatruvadhāya tvaṃ kumbhakarṇa jayāya ca

English

This Mahodara fears Rama,
of that there is no doubt;
he has no taste for battle, my dear,
O master of battle.
None of mine is your equal
in friendship and in strength;
go, to slay the foe,
Kumbhakarna, and to win.

॥ 6.65.18–21 ॥

CrEd 6.53.12–14

condensed from 6.65.18–21

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

आददे निशितं शूलं वेगाच् छत्रुनिबर्हणः ।
सर्वकालायसं दीप्तं तप्तकाञ्चनभूषणम् ।
इन्द्राशनिसमं भीमं वज्रप्रतिमगौरवम् ।
… ।
रक्तमाल्यमहादाम स्वतश् चोद्गतपावकम् ॥

ādade niśitaṃ śūlaṃ vegāc chatrunibarhaṇaḥ
sarvakālāyasaṃ dīptaṃ taptakāñcanabhūṣaṇam
indrāśanisamaṃ bhīmaṃ vajrapratimagauravam
…
raktamālyamahādāma svataś codgatapāvakam

English

Swiftly he took up the sharp spear,
he, the destroyer of foes,
all of black iron, blazing,
adorned with refined gold,
like Indra’s thunderbolt, terrible,
heavy as the vajra;
…
hung with a great red garland,
fire rising from it of itself.

॥ 6.65.21–22 ॥

CrEd 6.53.15

Kumbhakarna

Sanskrit

गमिष्याम्य् अहम् एकाकी तिष्ठत्व् इह बलं महत् अद्य तान् क्षुधितः क्रुद्धो भक्षयिष्यामि वानरान् ॥

gamiṣyāmy aham ekākī tiṣṭhatv iha balaṃ mahat adya tān kṣudhitaḥ kruddho bhakṣayiṣyāmi vānarān

English

I will go alone;
let the great army stay here.
Today, hungry and angry,
I will eat those vanaras.

॥ 6.65.22–24 ॥

CrEd 6.53.16–17

Ravana

Sanskrit

सैन्यैः परिवृतो गच्छ शूलमुद्गलपाणिभिः वानरा हि महात्मानः शीघ्राश् च व्यवसायिनः एकाकिनं प्रमत्तं वा नयेयुर् दशनैः क्षयम् ॥

sainyaiḥ parivṛto gaccha śūlamudgalapāṇibhiḥ vānarā hi mahātmānaḥ śīghrāś ca vyavasāyinaḥ ekākinaṃ pramattaṃ vā nayeyur daśanaiḥ kṣayam

English

Go ringed by troops
with spear and hammer in hand;
for the vanaras are great of spirit,
swift and resolute;
one who is alone, or careless,
they could bring down with their teeth.

॥ 6.65.25–28 ॥

CrEd 6.53.19–21

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

अथासनात् समुत्पत्य स्रजं मणिकृतान्तराम् आबबन्ध महातेजाः कुम्भकर्णस्य रावणः अङ्गदान् अङ्गुलीवेष्टान् वराण्य् आभरणानि च हारं च शशिसंकाशम् आबबन्ध महात्मनः दिव्यानि च सुगन्धीनि माल्यदामानि रावणः श्रोत्रे चासज्जयाम् आस श्रीमती चास्य कुण्डले ॥

athāsanāt samutpatya srajaṃ maṇikṛtāntarām ābabandha mahātejāḥ kumbhakarṇasya rāvaṇaḥ aṅgadān aṅgulīveṣṭān varāṇy ābharaṇāni ca hāraṃ ca śaśisaṃkāśam ābabandha mahātmanaḥ divyāni ca sugandhīni mālyadāmāni rāvaṇaḥ śrotre cāsajjayām āsa śrīmatī cāsya kuṇḍale

English

Then, springing from his seat,
a garland set with jewels
mighty Ravana bound
on Kumbhakarna;
armlets and rings
and the finest ornaments,
a necklace like the moon
he bound on the great one;
heavenly, fragrant
garlands Ravana hung on him,
and set in his ears
a splendid pair of earrings.

॥ 6.65.29–30 ॥

CrEd 6.53.22–24

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

काञ्चनाङ्गदकेयूरो निष्काभरणभूषितः कुम्भकर्णो बृहत्कर्णः सुहुतोऽग्निर् इवाबभौ श्रोणीसूत्रेण महता मेचकेन विराजितः अमृतोत्पादने नद्धो भुजंगेनेव मन्दरः स काञ्चनं भारसहं निवातं विद्युत्प्रभं दीप्तम् इवात्मभासा आबध्यमानः कवचं रराज संध्याभ्रसंवीत इवाद्रिराजः ॥

kāñcanāṅgadakeyūro niṣkābharaṇabhūṣitaḥ kumbhakarṇo bṛhatkarṇaḥ suhuto 'gnir ivābabhau śroṇīsūtreṇa mahatā mecakena virājitaḥ amṛtotpādane naddho bhujaṃgeneva mandaraḥ sa kāñcanaṃ bhārasahaṃ nivātaṃ vidyutprabhaṃ dīptam ivātmabhāsā ābadhyamānaḥ kavacaṃ rarāja saṃdhyābhrasaṃvīta ivādrirājaḥ

English

With golden armlets and bracelets,
adorned with ornaments of gold,
Kumbhakarna, the great-eared,
shone like a well-fed fire.
Gleaming with a great dark girdle
about his hips,
he was Mandara at the churning of the nectar,
bound by the serpent.
The golden armour, proof against weight and wind,
bright as lightning, blazing as with its own light,
bound on him, he shone
like the king of mountains wrapped in evening cloud.

॥ 6.65.32 ॥

CrEd 6.53.26

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

भ्रातरं संपरिष्वज्य कृत्वा चापि प्रदक्षिणम् ।
प्रणम्य शिरसा तस्मै संप्रतस्थे महाबलः ।
तम् आशीर्भिः प्रशस्ताभिः प्रेषयाम् आस रावणः ॥

bhrātaraṃ saṃpariṣvajya kṛtvā cāpi pradakṣiṇam
praṇamya śirasā tasmai saṃpratasthe mahābalaḥ
tam āśīrbhiḥ praśastābhiḥ preṣayām āsa rāvaṇaḥ

English

Embracing his brother,
walking round him sunwise,
bowing his head to him,
the mighty one set out;
and with excellent blessings
Ravana sent him forth.

॥ 6.65.36, 40–41 ॥

CrEd 6.53.29, 33–34

condensed from 6.65.36, 40–41

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

स पुष्पवर्णैर् अवकीर्यमाणो धृतातपत्रः शितशूलपाणिः ।
… ।
अथान्यद् वपुर् आदाय दारुणं लोमहर्षणम् ।
निष्पपात महातेजाः कुम्भकर्णो महाबलः ।
धनुःशतपरीणाहः स षट्शतसमुच्छ्रितः ।
रौद्रः शकटचक्राक्षो महापर्वतसंनिभः ॥

sa puṣpavarṇair avakīryamāṇo dhṛtātapatraḥ śitaśūlapāṇiḥ
…
athānyad vapur ādāya dāruṇaṃ lomaharṣaṇam
niṣpapāta mahātejāḥ kumbhakarṇo mahābalaḥ
dhanuḥśataparīṇāhaḥ sa ṣaṭśatasamucchritaḥ
raudraḥ śakaṭacakrākṣo mahāparvatasaṃnibhaḥ

English

Showered with flower-coloured petals,
the umbrella held, sharp spear in hand,
…
Then, taking another form,
dreadful, raising the hair,
out burst, in great splendour,
Kumbhakarna the mighty:
a hundred bows around,
six hundred high,
fierce, with eyes like cartwheels,
like a great mountain.

॥ 6.65.44–45 ॥

CrEd 6.53.37–38

Kumbhakarna

Sanskrit

नापराध्यन्ति मे कामं वानरा वनचारिणः जातिर् अस्मद्विधानां सा पुरोद्यानविभूषणम् पुररोधस्य मूलं तु राघवः सहलक्ष्मणः हते तस्मिन् हतं सर्वं तं वधिष्यामि संयुगे ॥

nāparādhyanti me kāmaṃ vānarā vanacāriṇaḥ jātir asmadvidhānāṃ sā purodyānavibhūṣaṇam purarodhasya mūlaṃ tu rāghavaḥ sahalakṣmaṇaḥ hate tasmin hataṃ sarvaṃ taṃ vadhiṣyāmi saṃyuge

English

They do me no wrong at all,
the vanaras who roam the woods;
to such as us their kind
is the ornament of city gardens.
The root of the city’s siege
is Raghava, with Lakshmana;
he slain, all is slain;
him I will kill in battle.

॥ 6.65.48–51 ॥

CrEd 6.53.41–44

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

उल्काशनियुता मेघा विनेदुश् च सुदारुणाः ।
ससागरवना चैव वसुधा समकम्पत ।
घोररूपाः शिवा नेदुः सज्वालकवलैर् मुखैः ।
मण्डलान्य् अपसव्यानि बबन्धुश् च विहंगमाः ।
निष्पपात च गृध्रोऽस्य शूले वै पथि गच्छतः ।
प्रास्फुरन् नयनं चास्य सव्यो बाहुर् अकम्पत ।
निष्पपात तदा चोल्का ज्वलन्ती भीमनिस्वना ।
आदित्यो निष्प्रभश् चासीन् न प्रवाति सुखोऽनिलः ॥

ulkāśaniyutā meghā vineduś ca sudāruṇāḥ
sasāgaravanā caiva vasudhā samakampata
ghorarūpāḥ śivā neduḥ sajvālakavalair mukhaiḥ
maṇḍalāny apasavyāni babandhuś ca vihaṃgamāḥ
niṣpapāta ca gṛdhro 'sya śūle vai pathi gacchataḥ
prāsphuran nayanaṃ cāsya savyo bāhur akampata
niṣpapāta tadā colkā jvalantī bhīmanisvanā
ādityo niṣprabhaś cāsīn na pravāti sukho 'nilaḥ

English

Clouds charged with meteors and thunderbolts
roared most dreadfully,
and the earth with its seas and forests
shook.
Jackals of dreadful form howled
with mouths full of flame,
and the birds wheeled
in circles to the left.
A vulture lighted on his spear
as he went along the road;
his eye throbbed,
his left arm trembled.
Then a blazing meteor fell
with a fearful sound;
the sun lost its light,
and no kind wind blew.

॥ 6.65.52 ॥

CrEd 6.53.45

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

अचिन्तयन् महोत्पातान् उत्थितांल् लोमहर्षणान् निर्ययौ कुम्भकर्णस् तु कृतान्तबलचोदितः ॥

acintayan mahotpātān utthitāṃl lomaharṣaṇān niryayau kumbhakarṇas tu kṛtāntabalacoditaḥ

English

Heedless of the great omens
risen, raising the hair,
Kumbhakarna went out,
driven by the force of Death.