Durmukha, Devantaka (the slayer of gods), Narantaka (the killer of men), the mighty champions Atikaya (of enormous size) and akampana (who never trembles in fear) and many other heroes like Mahodara (the big-bellied), valiant warriors all, have fallen on the field of battle.’

On hearing Ravana’s plaint, Kumbhakarna grieved and said, ‘Having carried of the Mother of the world, you fool, do you still expect good out of it?

You have not acted well, O Demon King! And why have you come now and awakened me? Even now, brother, abandon your pride and worship Rama: so shall you prosper.

Can Raghunatha, O Ten-headed, be no more than a man when he has one like Hanuman to serve him? Alas, brother, you have acted unwisely in not coming and telling me so before.

You have shown hostility to the god who is adored by Shiva, Brahma and every other divinity. I would have confided to you the secret that Narada the sage once imparted to me, but now the time has passed.

Now for the last time, brother, embrace me, for I go to bless my eyes with the sight of the dark-hued, lotus-eyed deliverer from every affliction.

As he recalled the beauty and virtue of Rama, he was for a moment lost in an ecstasy of love; then he asked Ravana for ten million jars full of wine and a whole herd of buffaloes.