Shloka 5
कुम्भकर्णप्रस्थानम्
Kumbhakarna’s Departure for Battle
विक्लबानामबुद्धीनांराज्ञापण्डितमानिनाम् ।श्रृण्वतासदितमिदंत्वाद्विधानांमहोदर ।।।।
ghorarūpāḥ śivā neduḥ sajvālakabalair mukhaiḥ |
maṇḍalāny apasavyāni babandhuś ca vihaṅgamāḥ ||6.65.49||
ഭീകരരൂപമുള്ള ശിവകൾ (നരികൾ) ജ്വലിക്കുന്ന കഷണങ്ങൾ വായിൽ പിടിച്ച് ഉച്ചത്തിൽ കൂകി; പക്ഷികൾ അപസവ്യമായി (ഇടത്തോട്ടു) അശുഭ വൃത്തങ്ങൾ ചുറ്റി പിന്നെ ഇരുന്നുവീണു.
"O Mahodara! Your words of appeal will be accepted as cowardly, devoid of intellect and to those who do not know anything, it looks as if you know."
FAQs
The repeated inauspicious signs reinforce that actions opposed to dharma carry warning markers in epic storytelling. The ethical teaching is vigilance: when one’s path is fueled by rage and harm, the world itself seems to caution against it.
Further ominous portents—animal cries and abnormal bird-circling—appear around the time of Kumbhakarṇa’s sortie.
Discernment is implied as the needed virtue: the ability to read warnings and reconsider unrighteous intent.