Kumbhakarna

Then mighty Kumbhakarṇa, rising from his seat, bowed at his brother’s feet and asked, “What is it that must be done?”

O Kumbhakarṇa! Though born in a noble lineage, you are brazen and base-minded; puffed up with pride, you are unable to discern, in any matter, what ought to be done.

“In that same way, there I saw Kumbhakarṇa, the night-roamer; and I saw all of Rāvaṇa’s sons as well, their bodies smeared with oil.”

Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then, having gone out from the city with his followers, Kumbhakarṇa saw the Vānara army standing there at the forefront, with Jitakāśi in front.

After exhaling as if for a long time and rising from his excellent seat, he said: “This is the time for Kumbhakarṇa’s appointed action.”

From Puṣpotkaṭā were born two sons, lords among the rākṣasas—Kumbhakarṇa and Daśagrīva—unmatched on earth in physical power.

“And who is this Kumbhakarṇa? What indeed is the birth of that wicked-souled one— is he a god, a daitya, a piśāca, or a rākṣasa, O great sage?”

The great-souled Sugrīva slew Mahodara and Atikāya; here itself my Kumbhakarṇa was slain by Lakṣmaṇa, and Indrajit as well.

A wise person, having reached the Urvaśī Tīrtha and likewise the Soma Āśrama, and having bathed at the hermitage of Kumbhakarṇa, becomes honored among people on earth.

Vidyutkaiśa, Taḍijjihva, and Rāvaṇa of great strength; and Kumbhakarṇa, hard to overpower; Vegadarśī, possessed of splendor and prowess.

Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: “Formerly there was a night-roaming demon known as Kumbhakarṇa. When that wicked one was slain by Rāma’s arrows, his head was severed.”

Then the lord of Laṅkā awakened Kumbhakarṇa as he lay asleep; and once roused, Rāvaṇa sent him forth to battle.