Shloka 6.62.14
कुम्भकर्णस्य प्रबोधनम् — The Awakening and Commissioning of Kumbhakarna
एषदाशरथीरामःसुग्रीवसहितोबली ।।6.62.14।।समुद्रंसबलस्तीर्त्वामूलंनःपरिकृन्तति ।
adya te sumahān kālaḥ śayānasya mahābala ||6.62.13||
sukhitas tvaṁ na jānīṣe mama rāmakṛtaṁ bhayam |
O mighty one, you have slept long in comfort; you do not know the fear that Rāma has brought upon me.
"Rama, the son of Dasaratha accompanied by Sugriva, crossed the ocean with an army that was cutting our roots."
Adharma culminates in fear: when one violates righteousness, even great power becomes insecure; truth forces itself into awareness through consequences.
Rāvaṇa explains to the newly-awakened Kumbhakarṇa that he has been unaware of the threat Rāma now poses.
The verse foregrounds vulnerability rather than virtue—Rāvaṇa admits fear, revealing a crack in tyrannical confidence.