Shloka 165
कुम्भकर्णवधः
The Slaying of Kumbhakarna
निकृत्तबाहुद्विनिकृत्तपादोविदार्यवक्त्रंबडबामुखाभम् ।दुद्रावरामंसहसाभिगर्जन् राहुर्यथाचन्द्रमिवान्तऽरिक्षे ।।।।
nikṛttabāhu-dvinikṛttapādo vidārya vaktraṃ baḍabāmukhābham |
dudrāva rāmaṃ sahasābhigarjan rāhur yathā candram ivāntarikṣe ||
ഇരുകൈകളും മുറിഞ്ഞും ഇരുകാലുകളും വെട്ടപ്പെട്ടും ഉണ്ടായിട്ടും, അവൻ ബഡവാമുഖാഗ്നിപോലെ ജ്വലിക്കുന്ന ഭയങ്കര വായ് പിളർത്തി; പെട്ടെന്ന് ഗർജ്ജിച്ച് രാമനെ നേരെ പാഞ്ഞു—ആകാശത്തിൽ രാഹു ചന്ദ്രനെ ആക്രമിക്കുന്നതുപോലെ.
Arms broken, feet cut off, dilating his mouth like fire, shouting aloud like Rahu entering moon in the sky he rushed to Rama speedily.
FAQs
The simile frames the assault as an eclipse-like act of adharma—violent obstruction of the righteous—highlighting that such forceful aggression is transient and ultimately overcome, as eclipses pass and order is restored.
By depicting adharma as terrifying yet unstable, the verse supports the Ramayana’s moral claim that Satya and righteous resolve endure: even when confronted by overwhelming menace, the truth-aligned hero remains the steady center against which falsehood and rage exhaust themselves.