Shloka 13
कुम्भकर्णप्रस्थानम्
Kumbhakarna’s Departure for Battle
तद्गच्छशूलमादायपाशहस्तइवान्तकः ।वानरान्राजपुत्रौ च भक्ष्यादित्यतेजसा ।।।।
tad gaccha śūlam ādāya pāśahasta ivāntakaḥ | vānarān rājaputrau ca bhakṣyādityatejasā ||
അതുകൊണ്ട് ത്രിശൂലം എടുത്തുകൊണ്ട് പുറപ്പെടുക—കയ്യിൽ പാശം ധരിച്ച അന്തകനുപോലെ; സൂര്യസമാന തേജസ്സോടെ വാനരന്മാരെയും ആ രണ്ടു രാജപുത്രന്മാരെയും ഭക്ഷിച്ചുകളക.
"Therefore, taking up trident holding the noose in hand like the God of Death proceed to devour the monkeys as well as the two princes shining like the Sun."
FAQs
The verse dramatizes adharma-driven aggression: Ravana commands indiscriminate destruction, contrasting with Ramayana’s dharmic ideal that power must be restrained by righteousness.
Ravana orders Kumbhakarna to enter battle armed and to annihilate Rama, Lakshmana, and the Vanara army.
Martial ferocity and intimidating power (as praised by Ravana), set in tension with the epic’s larger moral evaluation.