Shloka 55
कुम्भकर्णोपदेशः
Kumbhakarna’s Counsel and War-Boast to Ravana
दीर्घकालंप्रसुप्तस्यकुम्भकर्णस्यविक्रमम् ।।6.63.55।।अद्यपश्यन्तुभूतानिभक्ष्यमाणानिसर्वशः ।नन्विदंत्रिदिवंसर्वमाहारस्य न पूर्यते ।।6.63.56।।
dīrgha-kālaṃ prasuptasya kumbhakarṇasya vikramam |
adya paśyantu bhūtāni bhakṣyamāṇāni sarvaśaḥ ||6.63.55||
«Mögen alle Wesen heute die Kraft Kumbhakarṇas schauen, der lange geschlafen hat; heute werden überall die Geschöpfe verschlungen.»
" Actions performed without regard for time and place will be disastrous like the oblations offered into fire without consecration, gets wasted."
FAQs
Dharma rejects harming the innocent; the boast of indiscriminate devouring illustrates adharma—power severed from righteousness.
Kumbhakarṇa announces his return to battle after long sleep, threatening mass destruction.
A distorted ‘valor’ rooted in cruelty—used in the epic as a contrast to righteous heroism.