Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 67, Shloka 83
कुम्भकर्णवधः
The Slaying of Kumbhakarna
स कुम्भकर्णोऽथविवेशलङ्कांस्पुरन्तमादायमहाकपिंतम् ।विमानचर्यागृहगोपुरस्थैःपुष्पाग्य्रवर्षैरवकीर्यमाणः ।। ।
sa kumbhakarṇo 'tha viveśa laṅkāṃ sphurantam ādāya mahākapiṃ tam | vimānacaryāgṛhagopurasthaiḥ puṣpāgryavarṣair avakīryamāṇaḥ ||
Then Kumbhakarṇa entered Laṅkā, bearing that great ape who trembled and struggled; and those stationed on terraces, mansions, and gate-towers showered him with rains of choice flowers.
Then Kumbhakarna taking the great Vanara who started to shake by then, entered Lanka through the roads of lofty mansions from where Rakshasas hailed showering flowers.
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By contrast, the verse highlights how adharma can appear as public celebration: rejoicing over another’s suffering signals moral inversion and foreshadows downfall.
Kumbhakarṇa returns into Laṅkā with the captured Sugrīva; the city’s inhabitants acclaim him with flower-showers.
Sugrīva’s tenacity is implicit in his ‘struggling/trembling’ state; the larger emphasis is on the enemy’s misplaced triumph.