Chapter 67 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 67

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 67.86

बुभुक्षितः शोणितमांसगृध्नुः प्रविश्य तद्वानरसैन्यमुग्रम्। चखाद रक्षांसि हरॆन्पिशाचान्नृक्षांश्च मोहाधुधि कुम्भकर्णः।। यथैव मृत्युहरते युगान्ते स भक्षयामास हरीश्च मुख्यान्॥

bubhukṣitaḥ śoṇitamāṃsagṛdhnuḥ praviśya tadvānarasainyamugram| cakhāda rakṣāṃsi harènpiśācānnṛkṣāṃśca mohādhudhi kumbhakarṇaḥ|| yathaiva mṛtyuharate yugānte sa bhakṣayāmāsa harīśca mukhyān||

English Meaning

On entering the mighty host of monkeys, the hungry Kumbhakarna, hankering after flesh and blood, ate up the monkeys and with them, devoured many a Rākşasa and Piśāca by, mistake. Thus, as Death devour creatures at the end of a Yuga, he destroyed the mighty monkeys.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)