Shloka 6
कुम्भकर्णवधः
The Slaying of Kumbhakarna
शतानिसप्तचाष्टौ च सहस्राणि च वानराः ।प्रकीर्णाःशेरतेभूमौकुम्भकर्णेनपोधिताः ।।।।
śatāni sapta cāṣṭau ca sahasrāṇi ca vānarāḥ | prakīrṇāḥ śerate bhūmau kumbhakarṇena podhitāḥ ||
ഏഴോ എട്ടോ നൂറുകളും ആയിരങ്ങളും വാനരന്മാർ, കുംഭകർണ്ണൻ പിടിച്ചു എറിഞ്ഞതുകൊണ്ട്, ഭൂമിയിൽ ചിതറിക്കിടന്നു.
Kumbhakarna held seven or eight or even hundred, thousand vanaras and threw them on the ground like serpents thrown by Garuda.
FAQs
The verse highlights the moral cost of adharma-driven violence: brute force can scatter bodies, but it does not establish righteousness.
Kumbhakarṇa wreaks havoc in the battlefield, hurling large numbers of Vānaras to the ground.
Endurance and solidarity are implied as the Vānara forces suffer heavy blows yet remain part of the larger righteous campaign.