Shloka 123
कुम्भकर्णवधः
The Slaying of Kumbhakarna
स तीव्रेण च कोपेनरुधिरेण च मूर्छितः ।।।।वानरान्राक्षसानृक्षान्खादन्विपरिधावति ।
sa tīvreṇa ca kopena rudhireṇa ca mūrchitaḥ | vānarān rākṣasān ṛkṣān khādan viparidhāvati ||
അവൻ തീക്ഷ്ണകോപത്താലും രക്തമത്തത്വത്താലും മൂർച്ചിതനായി, വാനരന്മാരെയും രാക്ഷസന്മാരെയും ഋക്ഷങ്ങളായ കരടികളെയും തിന്നുകൊണ്ട് എല്ലാടവും പാഞ്ഞോടി.
Kumbhakarna in violent anger, blood flowing from the injury, went about devouring Vanaras, Rakshasas and bears.
FAQs
Dharma requires restraint even in conflict; the depiction of indiscriminate devouring marks a collapse into adharma, where rage overrides humanity and right conduct.
Wounded and enraged, Kumbhakarṇa becomes frenzied and attacks indiscriminately, consuming combatants of multiple groups.
The implied virtue is self-mastery (dama): without it, strength becomes monstrous and self-destructive.