Shloka 123
कुम्भकर्णवधः
The Slaying of Kumbhakarna
स तीव्रेण च कोपेनरुधिरेण च मूर्छितः ।।।।वानरान्राक्षसानृक्षान्खादन्विपरिधावति ।
sa tīvreṇa ca kopena rudhireṇa ca mūrchitaḥ | vānarān rākṣasān ṛkṣān khādan viparidhāvati ||
সে তীব্র ক্রোধে ও রক্তোন্মাদনায় মোহাচ্ছন্ন হয়ে বানর, রাক্ষস ও ঋক্ষদের গ্রাস করতে করতে চারদিকে ছুটে বেড়াতে লাগল।
Kumbhakarna in violent anger, blood flowing from the injury, went about devouring Vanaras, Rakshasas and bears.
FAQs
Dharma requires restraint even in conflict; the depiction of indiscriminate devouring marks a collapse into adharma, where rage overrides humanity and right conduct.
Wounded and enraged, Kumbhakarṇa becomes frenzied and attacks indiscriminately, consuming combatants of multiple groups.
The implied virtue is self-mastery (dama): without it, strength becomes monstrous and self-destructive.