Chapter 27 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 27

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 27.20

प्रस्थितो दक्षिणामाशां प्रविष्टोऽकर्दमं हृदम्। कण्ठे बद्ध्वा दशग्रीवं प्रमदा रक्तवासिनी॥ कालीकर्दमलिप्ताङ्गी दिशं याम्यां प्रकर्षति। एवं तत्र मया दृष्टः कुम्भकर्णो महाबलः॥ रावणस्य सुताः सर्वे मुण्डास्तैलसमुक्षिताः। वराहेण दशग्रीवं शिशुमारेण चेन्द्रजित्॥ उष्ट्रेण कुम्भकर्णश्च प्रयातो दक्षिणां दिशम्।

prasthito dakṣiṇāmāśāṃ praviṣṭo'kardamaṃ hṛdam| kaṇṭhe baddhvā daśagrīvaṃ pramadā raktavāsinī|| kālīkardamaliptāṅgī diśaṃ yāmyāṃ prakarṣati| evaṃ tatra mayā dṛṣṭaḥ kumbhakarṇo mahābalaḥ|| rāvaṇasya sutāḥ sarve muṇḍāstailasamukṣitāḥ| varāheṇa daśagrīvaṃ śiśumāreṇa cendrajit|| uṣṭreṇa kumbhakarṇaśca prayāto dakṣiṇāṃ diśam|

English Meaning

And a dark woman, clad in a crimson cloth, and bedaubed with mud, dragged the Ten-necked demon, entwining herself around his neck. Then followed the mighty Kumbhakarņa (Rāvana's brother) and all the sons of Rāvana, shaved and shorn and besmeared with oil. And they all proceeded southward—the Ten-necked demon on a boar, Indrajit (Rāvana's son-the name signifies the conqueror of the lord of the celestials) on a porpoise, and Kumbhakarņa on a camel.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)