Kumbhakarna

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C India Book House Pvt. Ltd. 1980 Reprinted: January 2007 ISBN: 81-7508-106-6 Published and Printed by India Book House Pvt Ltd, Mahalaxmi Chambers,

5th Floor, 22 Bhulabhai Desai Road, Mumbai 400 026, India.

KUMBHAKARNA WAS THE LOUNGER BROTHER OF RAVANA, THE TEN-HEAPED RAKSHASA KING Of LANKA. HE WAS STRONG, BUT SAP 70 SAY, HE WAS A BIG BULLH. HE LOVEP TO FRIGHTEN AND HURT THOSE WHO WERE WEAKER THANH/M.

RAVANA, 00 YOU KNOW WHAT I’VE DONE TODAY? I WALKED INTO THE DANDAKA FOREST AND PRI6HTENED AM THE SAGES THEREf HA! HA! HA* yOU SHOULD HAVE S E E N THEM RUN!

WELL D O N E, KUMBHAKARNA! I AM PLEASED.

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INDHA, KING OF THE DEVAS, WAS

KUMBHAKARNA

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WHEN KUMBHAKARNA TOLD HAVANA WHAT HE HAD DONE—

NO ONE CAN BEAT HOU, KUMBHAKARNA. SOU’RE THE MI&HTIEST OF .

THE MIStfTV. A

NOT VET. WE’RE STRONG AND POWERFUL. BUT WE MUST PRAV 70 LORD BRAHMA AND (SET MORE STRENGTH AND MORE

POWER.

THE THREE BROTHERS WENT TO A LONELY, QUIET PLACE AND BEGAN TO PLEASE BRAHMA BV TH/NK/N6 ONLW OF HIM AND NOTHING EL6E.

RAVANA, VOU WILL BE THE LORD OF THE . THREE WORLDS. _

BRAHMA WAS PLEASED. HE APPEARED BEFORE THEM. |--------------- -------- —

KUMBHAKARNA

WHEN /NPRA HEARD THAT, HE WAS WORRIED.

^ BEFORE BRAHMA ©IVES

KUMBHAKARNA A BOON, I /MUST DO

HE WENT TO SARASWATI, THE GODDESS OF SPEECH.

OSARASWATI, ONLY >OU CAN SAVE US NOW.

MEANWHILE VIBHISHANA TOO HAD BEEN &VEN A BOON. NOW IT WAS KUMBHAKARNA i? TURN.

WHEN KUMBHAKARNA ASKS FOR A BOON, WILL YOU CASTA

SPELL ON HIS

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KUMBHAKARNA

THERE 6 0 E S KUMBHAKARNA!

W E’ REs a f e * y

THE N EXT MOMENT-

H E’5 FAST ASLEEP. WE’LL HAVE TO CARRY HIM

. HOME. ^

HAVANA AND VIBHISHANA TOOK KUMBHAKARNA 70 HIS PALACE AMD GENTLY LAID HIM ON H/3 BED.

BRAHMA’S BOON TO HAVANA ALSO CAME TRUE. HE SOON BECAME THE MASTER OF THE THREE WORLDS. C=-—

/ DON’T BOAST, RAVANA. USE YOUR

STREN0TH FOR THE 0O OD OF

OTHERS. A € 0 0 0 KIMS SHOULD BE

KIND,HUMBLE AND JU ST.

EVEN THE SUN CAN’T SHINE WITHOUT MY

PERMISSION. >

RAVANA, AREN’T ^ NOT REALLY. ON YOU SAD A B O U T/ THE DAYS HE WAKES KUMBHAKARNA? f UP, HE WILL DO WHAT k. OTHERS COULDN’ TI V — i ^ IN A HUNDRED

____1 ___ X YEARS.

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INSTEAD OF TAK/NO H/S BROTHER’S ADV/CE, RAVANA CARRIED AWAY SITA, THE WIFE OF RAMA, THE PRINCE OF AYODHYA.

AT LANKA, RAVAN A KEPT SITA IN HIS ASHOKA GARDEN WHICH WAS FARAWAY FROM HIS PALACE. VIBHISHANA CAME TO SEE HIM .

WHAT 'lOU’ VE DONE IS WRONS. SITA IS RAMA’S WIFE.TAKE HER BACK TO HIM.

IF yOU DON’T TAKE 1 SITA BACK 10 RAMA,

I ’LL (SOAWAY

VIBHISHANA LEFT AND WENT TO RAMA WHO IVAS MARCHING TOWARDS LANKA WITH A HUGE ARMY OF MONKEYS.

KUMBHAKARNA

omorchitra fcathaSHOOT HIM WITH

MIRROR Si HE’LL SEE HIMSELF AND GET

V BURNT INSTEAD, s

WHEN THB TERRIBLE RAKSHASA OPENED HIS EYES, HE FELT HUNDREDS OF EYES BURNING INTO HIM. THEY WERE THE REFLECTIONS OF HIS OWN FIERY EYES/

RAMA QUICKLY CREATED MILLIONS OF MIRRORS AND AIMED THEM AT BHASMA- LOCHANA.

BEFORE BHASMALOCHANA COULD UNCOVER H/S EYES. THE MIRRORS HAD SURROUNDED HIM.

\ WHOEVER N I BHASMALOCHANA

LOOKS AT, IS REDUCED TO ASHES. HE’LL UNCOVER HIS

EYES WHEN HE „ GOMES NEAR US.y

WHY DO XXI LOOK SCARED, VIBHISHANA?

KUMBHAKARNA

It

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AFTER A WH/LE,HOWEVER, HE WAS ON H/S FEET A6A/N. BUT-

TAKE CAKE OF YOUR CROWNS,

RAVANA

THE NEXT MOMENT RAMA FLUNG A CRESCENT-SHAPED WEAPON AT HIM.

KUMBHAKARNA

KUMBHAKARNA { WHY DIDN’T I THINK OP HI/M?, TO PICK RAMA UP AND FUN© HIM INTO THE J

, OCEAN WOULD BE ] CHILD’S PLAY FDR fl

MY BROTHER.

EXCITEMENT, HAVANA HAD FOR6CTTEN BRAHMA'S WARNING. IF KUMBHAKARNA WERE WOKEN BEFORE THE S/X MONTHS I WERE OVER, HIS UFE WOULD BE IN DANGER!

THE RAKSHASA SERVANTS WENT TO KUMBHAKARNA’S PALACE.

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• • -AND AS HE BREATHED IN, THEY WERE PULLED TOWARDS HIS NOSTRILS.

KUMBHAKARNA

HOW DO WE WAKE HIM UP?

L E T 'S MAKE A

NOISE.

IT ’S USELESS. HE HASN’T

EVEN STOPPED . SNORIN©.* „

THEH POURED ICE- COLD SANDALWOOD PASTE ON HIM. r ------------------- l

HE’S ONLY \ . SNORIN© Jtf

LOUDER!

7WEV CONCH-SHELLS HEARHIS EAR. |-------------------------------------------

BUT KUMBHAKARNA SLEPT ON.

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TAKE THEM AWAV! L E T ’S DR AS HIM OUT

Of BED.

< BUT THEV COULD NOT EVEN MOVE HIM,

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KUMBHAKARNA

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RAVANA TOLD KUMBHAKARNA ALL ABOUT HIS WAR W/TH RAMA,

RAMA SEEMS TO BE A 0REAT MAN. WHAT IF HE’S LORD VISHNU IN/ HUMAN FORM?

IMPOSSIBLE! H E'S ONLY A

CUNNING MAN HE MUST BE

. KILLED.

IT SHALL BE DONE. I ’LL KILL

OUR ENEMIES

AND

I’VE NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. YOU ARE MIGHTY AND

KUMBHAKARNA MARCHED ALONE.

KUMBHAKARNA

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Illustrated Classics From India

Kumbhakarna

Valmiki's Ramayana is believed to be the first poetic work written in Sanskrit. It is therefore referred to as the Adikavya. It is said that Brahma assured Valmiki that 'a s long as the mountains stand and the rivers

flow, so long shall the Ramayana be read by men.*

Valmiki's monumental work caught the fancy of innumerable minds after him and influenced many other great poems, plays and novels written along the same theme, in almost all the Indian languages. Among these are the Hindi, Tamil and Bengali versions of the Ramayana written by Tulsidas in the North, Kamban in

the South and Krittivasa in the East.

Our story of Kumbhakarna, the gigantic younger brother of Ravana, the King of Lanka, has been derived from Krittivasa's Ramayana, written over 500 years ago. As a poet of the people, Krittivasa's story was written in simple language replete with delightful metaphors.

Editor: Anant PaiScript: Subba Rao & Nandini Das Illustrations: Ram Waeerkar Cover: C.M. Vitankar

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