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 ||
“Huwag mo akong ipagkamaling si Virādha, ni si Kabandha, ni si Khara; hindi rin ako si Vālī, ni si Mārīca. Ako si Kumbhakarṇa, at ako’y dumating.”
"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.