Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 61, Shloka 13
कुम्भकर्णदर्शनम्
The Appearance of Kumbhakarna and the Account of His Might
एतेनजातमात्रेणक्षुधार्तेनमहात्मना ।भक्षितानिसहस्राणिसत्त्वानांसुबहून्यपि ।।6.61.13।।
etena jātamātreṇa kṣudhārtena mahātmanā |
bhakṣitāni sahasrāṇi sattvānāṃ subahūny api ||6.61.13||
Maging sa sandali pa lamang ng kanyang pagsilang, pinahihirapan ng matinding gutom, ang dakilang nilalang na iyon ay lumamon ng libu-libo, oo, napakaraming may-buhay.
"In that way when Kumbhakarna was devouring, out of fear all people sought the refuge of Indra and represented."
FAQs
Unrestrained appetite becomes हिंसा (harm) when unchecked by Dharma; the verse frames a moral contrast between raw impulse and the discipline required for righteous living.
A backstory detail: Kumbhakarṇa’s destructive hunger manifests immediately upon birth, leading to mass devouring of creatures.
The virtue highlighted by contrast is संयम (self-control), whose absence turns strength into calamity.