Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 67, 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 ||
तो तीव्र क्रोधाने आणि रक्तोन्मादाने मूर्च्छित होऊन वानर, राक्षस व अस्वले यांना खात खात सर्वत्र धावू लागला।
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.