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hierarchy: Rāmāyaṇa
hierarchy: Part Three - War
hierarchy: Chapter 8
Rāmāyaṇa 3.8
Rāvaṇa returned to Lanka feeling highly disturbed. Overcome by Rāma like an elephant defeated by a lion, he felt humiliated. …
Rāmāyaṇa 3.8
“It seems that all my asceticism has proved useless, for I have been utterly vanquished by a mere mortal. I …
Rāmāyaṇa 3.8
Rāvaṇa then thought of Kumbhakarna. It was time to rouse him. When his fearsome brother marched out, the monkeys would …
Rāmāyaṇa 3.8
Rāvaṇa issued orders for the Rākṣasas to go in their thousands to Kumbhakarna’s chamber. They should raise a terrific din …
Rāmāyaṇa 3.8
But Kumbhakarna did not stir. The Rākṣasas then took hold of maces, mallets, boulders and flat swords. They beat the …
Rāmāyaṇa 3.8
Unable to rouse Kumbhakarna, the Rākṣasas became more and more furious. They made an even louder noise, hitting huge drums …
Rāmāyaṇa 3.8
The Rākṣasas then had a thousand elephants run up and down Kumbhakarna’s monstrous body while at the same time striking …
Rāmāyaṇa 3.8
Kumbhakarna reached out and scooped up the food that lay around him. He consumed all of it and quaffed down …
Rāmāyaṇa 3.8
“Why have I been roused from my slumber? I hope everything is well with Rāvaṇa and with Lanka. Or perhaps …
Rāmāyaṇa 3.8
A minister of Rāvaṇa named Yupaksha replied. “A formidable danger has beset us all of a sudden. Monkeys like great …
Rāmāyaṇa 3.8
Kumbhakarna was not surprised. He had already warned his brother about Rāma. It seemed that the time for the inevitable …
Rāmāyaṇa 3.8
Kumbhakarna sprang to his feet and washed his face. He called for more drink and quickly swallowed two thousand pails …