Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 60, Shloka 42
कुम्भकर्णविबोधनम्
The Awakening of Kumbhakarna
दशराक्षससाहस्रंयुगपत्पर्यवारयन् ।नीलाञ्जनचयाकारंतेतुतंप्रत्यबोधयन् ।।।।अभिघ्नन्तोनदन्तश्चनैवसंविविदेतुसः ।
daśa-rākṣasa-sāhasraṃ yugapat paryavārayan | nīlāñjana-cayākāraṃ te tutaṃ pratyabodhayan || abhighnanto nadantaś ca naiva saṃvivide tu saḥ ||
പതിനായിരം രാക്ഷസർ ഒരുമിച്ച് അവനെ വളഞ്ഞു—നീലാഞ്ജനക്കൂമ്പാരത്തെപ്പോലെ തോന്നിയ അവനെ ഉണർത്താൻ ശ്രമിച്ചു; അടിച്ചും അലറിച്ചും നിന്നിട്ടും അവൻ ഒട്ടും പ്രതികരിച്ചില്ല.
Ten thousand Rakshasas surrounded him all at once like a mass of antimony striking him and even made a loud noise. But he never responded.
FAQs
The verse highlights perseverance and the limits of coercion: repeated external pressure may still fail when the inner state is unchanged—suggesting that true awakening (ethical or spiritual) is not forced but realized.
A huge mass of rākṣasas surrounds Kumbhakarṇa and tries to wake him by noise and blows, but he remains unresponsive.
Kumbhakarṇa’s immovability/unyielding nature (asleep like an unshaken mass), contrasted with the rākṣasas’ persistence.