Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 67, Shloka 149
कुम्भकर्णवधः
The Slaying of Kumbhakarna
नाहंविराधोविज्ञेयो न कबन्दःखरो न च ।न वाली न च मारीचःकुम्भकर्णःसमागतः ।।।।
nāhaṃ virādho vijñeyo na kabandhaḥ kharo na ca | na vālī na ca mārīcaḥ kumbhakarṇaḥ samāgataḥ ||
என்னை விராதன் என்று எண்ணாதே; கபந்தனும் அல்ல, கரனும் அல்ல; வாலியும் அல்ல, மாரீசனும் அல்ல—நான் கும்பகர்ணன்; நான் வந்துள்ளேன்।
"I am not Viradha, not Vijeya, not Kabhanda, not also Vali or Maricha. I am Kumbhakarna and have come."
FAQs
The verse foregrounds identity and truth-claim (satya) in speech: even an enemy asserts who he is. In the Ramayana’s moral world, truthful self-disclosure becomes a standard against which later conduct is judged.
Kumbhakarṇa addresses Rāma and distinguishes himself from earlier foes defeated by Rāma, declaring his own arrival to fight.
A form of frankness (direct speech) is emphasized—though used here for intimidation, it still functions as a satya-like declaration of identity.