Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 60, Shloka 19
कुम्भकर्णविबोधनम्
The Awakening of Kumbhakarna
एषःकेतुःपरंसङ् ख्येमुख्योवैसर्वरक्षसाम् ।।।।कुम्भकर्णःसदाशेतेमूढोग्राम्यसुखेरतः ।
eṣaḥ ketuḥ paraṁ saṅkhye mukhyo vai sarvarakṣasām | kumbhakarṇaḥ sadā śete mūḍho grāmyasukhe rataḥ ||
この者こそ戦場における顕著なる旗印、まことにすべての羅刹の首領—クンバカルナ。されど迷妄に覆われ、常に横たわって眠り、睡眠という粗き快楽に耽っている。
Overcome by humiliation from the high souled Rama, Ravana remained like an elephant rejected by a lion and a serpent rejected by Garuda.
FAQs
Strength without discipline becomes unusable; dharma values self-control and readiness to act rightly rather than being ruled by indulgence.
Rāvaṇa identifies Kumbhakarṇa as the key warrior but laments that he is perpetually asleep and difficult to mobilize.
By contrastive teaching: the virtue of indriya-nigraha (mastery over senses) is implied, as Kumbhakarṇa’s lack of it becomes a strategic and moral weakness.