Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 65, Shloka 50
कुम्भकर्णप्रस्थानम्
Kumbhakarna’s Departure for Battle
निष्पपात च गृध्रोमालेवाऽस्यपथिगच्छतः ।प्रास्फुरन्नयनंचास्यसव्योबाहुश्चकम्पत ।।।।
niṣpapāta ca gṛdhro mālevā’sya pathi gacchataḥ |
prāsphurannayanaṃ cāsya savyo bāhuś ca kampata ||
As he advanced along the road, a vulture suddenly alighted—like a garland—upon his spear; his eye began to twitch, and his left arm/shoulder throbbed—ominous signs upon his march.
On the way as he was going an eagle alighted on his pike. His eyes twitched and left shoulder throbbed.
FAQs
Dharma here is shown indirectly: the universe signals moral disorder through ominous portents, implying that adharma-driven action draws warning signs even before consequences unfold.
Kumbhakarṇa is setting out toward the battlefield; as he goes, inauspicious signs appear—an eagle on his weapon and bodily twitching—foreshadowing danger.
Not virtue but forewarning: the verse stresses the narrative idea that fate and moral causality manifest through signs, cautioning the heedless warrior.