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Shloka 6.62.23

कुम्भकर्णस्य प्रबोधनम् — The Awakening and Commissioning of Kumbhakarna

कुरुष्वमेप्रियहितमेतदुत्तमंयथाप्रियंप्रियरणबान्धवप्रिय ।स्वतेजसाविधमसपत्नवाहिनींशरद्घनंपवनइवोद्यतोमहान् ।।6.62.23।।

so ’bhigamya gṛhaṁ bhrātuḥ kakṣyām abhivigāhya ca |

dadarśodvignam āsīnaṁ vimāne puṣpake gurum ||6.62.6||

Having reached his brother’s dwelling and entered the inner enclosure, he beheld his elder brother seated in the celestial Puṣpaka car, troubled and uneasy at heart.

"You are a lover of wars. You are a lover of relations. You are always my dear well wisher. O self glorious one! Do this task of throwing out the torrent army just like wind throws rainy clouds."।। ityārṣēvālmīkīyēśrīmadrāmāyaṇēādikāvyēyuddhakāṇḍēṣṭitamassargaḥ ।।This is the end of the sixty second sarga of Yuddha Kanda of the first epic the holy Ramayana composed by sage Valmiki.

K
Kumbhakarṇa
R
Rāvaṇa
P
Puṣpaka-vimāna

Adharma generates inner unrest: the king’s anxiety foreshadows the moral consequences of wrongdoing, a recurring dharma motif in the Rāmāyaṇa.

Kumbhakarṇa enters and finds Rāvaṇa seated in the Puṣpaka vimāna, visibly disturbed.

The verse underscores a lack of inner peace; it implicitly highlights that true steadiness comes from satya and dharma.