Shloka 6.61.14
कुम्भकर्णदर्शनम् — The Appearance of Kumbhakarna and the Account of His Might
तेषुसंभक्षयमाणेषुप्रजाभयनिपीडिताः ।यान्तिस्मशरणंशक्रंतमप्यर्थंन्यवेदयन् ।।6.61.14।।
etena jātamātreṇa kṣudhārtena mahātmanā |
bhakṣitāni sahasrāṇi sattvānāṃ subahūny api ||6.61.13||
Even at the very moment of his birth, tormented by hunger, that great being devoured thousands upon thousands of living creatures.
"In that way when Kumbhakarna was devouring, out of fear all people sought the refuge of Indra and represented."
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.