Shloka 48
कुम्भकर्णविबोधनम्
The Awakening of Kumbhakarna
एवमप्यन्तिद्रिस्तुयदानैवप्रबुध्यत ।।।।शापस्यवशमापन्नस्ततःक्रुद्धानिशाचराः ।
evam apy antidris tu yadā naiva prabudhyata |
śāpasyavaśam āpannas tataḥ kruddhā niśācarāḥ ||
ถึงกระนั้น เมื่อผู้หลับใหลนั้นยังไม่ตื่นเลย—เพราะตกอยู่ใต้อำนาจแห่งคำสาป—เหล่ารากษสผู้ท่องราตรีก็พิโรธยิ่งนัก
Wrapped in sleep like that because of the spell of the curse, he had not wakened. The Rakshasas got enraged.
FAQs
It highlights accountability to truth and moral causality: a curse (born of prior acts) bears fruit regardless of immediate desire—teaching that consequences (karma) are not easily escaped.
The text explains that Kumbhakarṇa’s sleep persists due to a curse, provoking frustration among the rākṣasas.
A negative trait is spotlighted: uncontrolled anger (krodha), which clouds judgment in moments of crisis.