Shloka 37

कुम्भकर्णवधः

The Slaying of Kumbhakarna

Devanagari script

भक्ष्यन्भृशसङ्क्रुद्धो हरीन् पर्वतसन्निभः ।बभञ्जवानरान् सर्वान् सङ्क्रुद्धोराक्षसोत्तमः ।।।।

Transliteration

bhakṣyan bhṛśasaṅkruddho harīn parvatasannibhaḥ |

babhañja vānarān sarvān saṅkruddho rākṣasottamaḥ |

Translation

Während er die Vānaras in wilder Raserei fraß, zerschmetterte und verstümmelte jener erhabenste Rākṣasa, berggleich, in seinem Zorn alle Vānaras.

Word by Word

• prakṣiptāḥ: thrown in
• prakṣiptāḥ: Kartṛ-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prakṣipta (कृदन्त; √kṣip with pra-)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; कर्तृविशेषण (वानराः)

• kumbhakarṇena: by Kumbhakarṇa
• kumbhakarṇena: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kumbhakarṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/Agent-instrument), एकवचन

• vaktre: in the mouth
• vaktre: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaktra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• pātāla-sannibhe: like the netherworld
• pātāla-sannibhe: Adhikaraṇa-viśeṣaṇa (अधिकरणविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pātāla (प्रातिपदिक) + sannibha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पाताल-सदृशे); अधिकरण-विशेषण (वक्त्रे)

• nāsā-puṭābhyām: from the nostrils
• nāsā-puṭābhyām: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāsā (प्रातिपदिक) + puṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी/तृतीया-प्रयोगे द्विवचन; अत्र अपादानार्थे पञ्चमी-द्विवचन (from the nostril-openings) अधिक संगत; तत्पुरुषः (नासायाः पुṭau)

• nirjagmuḥ: came out
• nirjagmuḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्गः निर्-

• karṇābhyām: from the ears
• karṇābhyām: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी/तृतीया-प्रयोगे द्विवचन; अत्र अपादानार्थे पञ्चमी-द्विवचन (from the ears)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya-dyotaka (समुच्चयद्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• eva: indeed/also
• eva: Avadhāraṇa-dyotaka (अवधारणद्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• vānarāḥ: the monkeys
• vānarāḥ: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vānara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Context

The foremost of the Rakshasas, who resembled a mountain became enraged and mutilated the Vanaras.

Characters & Entities

• Kumbhakarna
• Rākṣasa
• Vānara

FAQs

What is the core ethical principle (Dharma) in this verse?

Unrestrained anger is portrayed as morally ruinous; dharma requires inner governance, without which strength becomes brutality.

What is the narrative situation?

Kumbhakarṇa continues his rampage—devouring and crushing Vānaras across the battlefield.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

The negative exemplar dominates: the vice of krodha (wrath) and its destructive consequences.