Shloka 42
कुम्भकर्णविबोधनम्
The Awakening of Kumbhakarna
दशराक्षससाहस्रंयुगपत्पर्यवारयन् ।नीलाञ्जनचयाकारंतेतुतंप्रत्यबोधयन् ।।।।अभिघ्नन्तोनदन्तश्चनैवसंविविदेतुसः ।
daśa-rākṣasa-sāhasraṃ yugapat paryavārayan | nīlāñjana-cayākāraṃ te tutaṃ pratyabodhayan || abhighnanto nadantaś ca naiva saṃvivide tu saḥ ||
دس ہزار راکشس ایک ساتھ اس کے گرد حلقہ باندھ گئے—وہ جو نیل سرمے کے ڈھیر سا دکھائی دیتا تھا—اور اسے جگانے کی کوشش کی؛ مارتے بھی تھے اور للکارتے بھی، مگر وہ ذرا بھی نہ چونکا۔
Ten thousand Rakshasas surrounded him all at once like a mass of antimony striking him and even made a loud noise. But he never responded.
FAQs
The verse highlights perseverance and the limits of coercion: repeated external pressure may still fail when the inner state is unchanged—suggesting that true awakening (ethical or spiritual) is not forced but realized.
A huge mass of rākṣasas surrounds Kumbhakarṇa and tries to wake him by noise and blows, but he remains unresponsive.
Kumbhakarṇa’s immovability/unyielding nature (asleep like an unshaken mass), contrasted with the rākṣasas’ persistence.