Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 67, Shloka 179
कुम्भकर्णवधः
The Slaying of Kumbhakarna
स कुम्भकर्णंसुरसैन्यमर्धनम् महत्सुयुद्धेषुकदाचनाजितम् ।नन्दहत्वाभरताग्रजोरणेमहासुरंवृत्रमिवामराधिपः ।।।।
sa kumbhakarṇaṃ sura-sainya-mardanaṃ mahatsu yuddheṣu kadācanājitam |
nanda hatvā bharatāgrajo raṇe mahāsuraṃ vṛtram ivāmarādhipaḥ ||
Ang nakatatandang kapatid ni Bharata, matapos paslangin sa labanan si Kumbhakarna—ang dumurog sa hukbo ng mga diyos at hindi pa natatalo sa malalaking digmaan—ay nagalak, tulad ng panginoon ng mga imortal matapos patayin ang demonyong si Vritra.
Sri Rama the brother of Bharata, the destroyer of celestial armies who had never been conquered in combat as Indra, the Lord of the heavens. Seeing that the Vanaras surrounded and roared in great joy at the death of Kumbhakarna.।। ityārṣēvālmīkīyēśrīmadrāmāyaṇēādikāvyēyuddhakāṇḍēsaptaṣaṣṭitamassargaḥ ।।This is the end of the sixty seventh sarga of Yuddha Kanda of the first epic the holy Ramayana composed by sage Valmiki.
FAQs
The verse asserts that overcoming a seemingly invincible force of adharma is a dharmic necessity; joy is appropriate when a threat to the world’s moral balance is removed.
The narrator concludes the Kumbhakarṇa episode by comparing Rāma’s victory to Indra’s famed slaying of Vṛtra.
Rāma’s world-protecting heroism (loka-saṃgraha): his triumph is portrayed as parallel to divine acts that safeguard cosmic order.