Shloka 79

कुम्भकर्णविबोधनम्

The Awakening of Kumbhakarna

Devanagari script

राक्षसांस्तर्पयिष्यामिहरीणांमांसशोणितैः ।रामलक्ष्मणयोश्चापिस्वयंपास्यामिशोणितम् ।।।।

Transliteration

rākṣasāṃs tarpayiṣyāmi harīṇāṃ māṃsaśoṇitaiḥ |rāmalakṣmaṇayoś cāpi svayaṃ pāsyāmi śoṇitam ||

Translation

Akan kuenyangkan para rākṣasa dengan daging dan darah para vānara; dan darah Rāma serta Lakṣmaṇa pun akan kuminum sendiri.

Word by Word

• rākṣasān: the rakshasas
• rākṣasān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rākṣasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, बहुवचनम्

• tarpayiṣyāmi: I will satisfy
• tarpayiṣyāmi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tṛp (धातु) + ṇic (णिच्)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (future), उत्तमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; causative (णिजन्त) ‘to satisfy’

• harīṇām: of the vanaras
• harīṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी, बहुवचनम्

• māṃsa-śoṇitaiḥ: with flesh and blood
• māṃsa-śoṇitaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māṃsa (प्रातिपदिक) + śoṇita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया, बहुवचनम्; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः ‘मांसं च शोणितं च’; instrumental plural

• rāma-lakṣmaṇayoḥ: of Rama and Lakshmana
• rāma-lakṣmaṇayoḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक) + lakṣmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी, द्विवचनम्; द्वन्द्वः; genitive dual ‘of Rama and Lakshmana’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्ययम्

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; ‘also/even’

• svayam: myself
• svayam: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; ‘personally’

• pāsyāmi: I will drink
• pāsyāmi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pā (धातु, पिबति-अर्थे)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (future), उत्तमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; parasmaipada

• śoṇitam: blood
• śoṇitam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śoṇita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

Context

"I will satisfy the Rakshasas with the flesh and blood of Rama and Lakshmana. You will see."

Characters & Entities

• Kumbhakarṇa
• rākṣasas
• vānaras
• Rāma
• Lakṣmaṇa

FAQs

What is the core ethical principle (Dharma) in this verse?

It functions as an ethical warning by contrast: dharma rejects cruelty and bloodlust; indulging in such speech reveals inner adharma that leads to downfall.

What is the narrative situation?

Kumbhakarṇa escalates from confidence to explicit threats of brutal violence against the vānaras and the two brothers.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Negative exemplar: absence of compassion and restraint, showing how krodha and rajas can dominate a warrior.