Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 60, Shloka 16
कुम्भकर्णविबोधनम्
The Awakening of Kumbhakarna
सुखंस्वपितिनिश्चिन्तःकालोपहतचेतनः ।।।।नवषट् सप्तचाष्टौचमासान् स्वपितिराक्षसः ।
sukhaṃ svapiti niścintaḥ kālopahatacetanaḥ |
nava ṣaṭ sapta cāṣṭau ca māsān svapiti rākṣasaḥ ||6.60.16||
その羅刹は安らかに、憂いなく眠り、時の経過により意識は鈍っている。六か月、七か月、八か月、さらには九か月までも眠り続ける。
"The Rakshasa, Kumbhakarna, lost consciousness is slumbering at ease and has been sleeping for six to nine months happily."
FAQs
The verse indirectly contrasts negligence/torpor with dharmic vigilance: when consciousness is overpowered, duty cannot be performed.
The text describes Kumbhakarṇa’s unnatural, prolonged sleep as background to the urgent attempt to awaken him.
By implication, wakeful responsibility (jāgarūkatā) is praised—since prolonged sleep symbolizes incapacity to respond to dharma’s call.