Chapter 67 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 67

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 67.89

ते भक्ष्यमाणा हरयो रामं जग्मुस्तदा गतिम्। कुम्भकर्णो भृशं क्रुद्धः कपीन्खादन्प्रधावति॥ शतानि सप्त चाष्टौ च विंशत्रिंशतथैव च। संपरिष्वज्य बाहुभ्यां खादन्विपरिधावति ॥

te bhakṣyamāṇā harayo rāmaṃ jagmustadā gatim| kumbhakarṇo bhṛśaṃ kruddhaḥ kapīnkhādanpradhāvati|| śatāni sapta cāṣṭau ca viṃśatriṃśatathaiva ca| saṃpariṣvajya bāhubhyāṃ khādanviparidhāvati ||

English Meaning

The monkeys as they were being devoured, saught the shelter of Rāma. And Kumbhakarna wrought up with wrath, chased a main hundreds of monkeys, eating up seven, eight, twenty, or thirty. And fastening (the monkeys) with his arms, he, devouring them, rushed on.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)