Shloka 83
कुम्भकर्णवधः
The Slaying of Kumbhakarna
स कुम्भकर्णोऽथविवेशलङ्कांस्पुरन्तमादायमहाकपिंतम् ।विमानचर्यागृहगोपुरस्थैःपुष्पाग्य्रवर्षैरवकीर्यमाणः ।। ।
sa kumbhakarṇo 'tha viveśa laṅkāṃ sphurantam ādāya mahākapiṃ tam | vimānacaryāgṛhagopurasthaiḥ puṣpāgryavarṣair avakīryamāṇaḥ ||
പിന്നീട് കുംഭകർണ്ണൻ പിടയുന്ന ആ മഹാകപിയെയും കൊണ്ട് ലങ്കയിൽ പ്രവേശിച്ചു. വിമാനങ്ങളിലും മാളികകളിലും ഗോപുരങ്ങളിലും ഇരുന്നവർ അവനുമേൽ പുഷ്പവൃഷ്ടി നടത്തി.
Then Kumbhakarna taking the great Vanara who started to shake by then, entered Lanka through the roads of lofty mansions from where Rakshasas hailed showering flowers.
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By contrast, the verse highlights how adharma can appear as public celebration: rejoicing over another’s suffering signals moral inversion and foreshadows downfall.
Kumbhakarṇa returns into Laṅkā with the captured Sugrīva; the city’s inhabitants acclaim him with flower-showers.
Sugrīva’s tenacity is implicit in his ‘struggling/trembling’ state; the larger emphasis is on the enemy’s misplaced triumph.