Shloka 13
कुम्भकर्णदर्शनम्
The Appearance of Kumbhakarna and the Account of His Might
एतेनजातमात्रेणक्षुधार्तेनमहात्मना ।भक्षितानिसहस्राणिसत्त्वानांसुबहून्यपि ।।6.61.13।।
etena jātamātreṇa kṣudhārtena mahātmanā |
bhakṣitāni sahasrāṇi sattvānāṃ subahūny api ||6.61.13||
Schon im Augenblick seiner Geburt, vom Hunger gequält, verschlang dieses erhabene Wesen Tausende und Abertausende lebender Geschöpfe.
"In that way when Kumbhakarna was devouring, out of fear all people sought the refuge of Indra and represented."
FAQs
Unrestrained appetite becomes हिंसा (harm) when unchecked by Dharma; the verse frames a moral contrast between raw impulse and the discipline required for righteous living.
A backstory detail: Kumbhakarṇa’s destructive hunger manifests immediately upon birth, leading to mass devouring of creatures.
The virtue highlighted by contrast is संयम (self-control), whose absence turns strength into calamity.