सर्गः ४८
In which beaten Rāvaṇa recalls Brahmā warning and rouses snoring Kumbhakarṇa with meat mountains and thousand drums
Rāvaṇa recalls Brahmā warning and orders guards and Kumbhakarṇa woken — Demons pile meat mountains and wine jars before snoring giant — Demons perfume garland and praise him with conches and drums — Demons beat him with clubs maces trees while elephants trample him — Kumbhakarṇa wakes hungry and devours meat and drink — Yūpākṣa reports Rāma siege and Rāvaṇa defeat — Kumbhakarṇa vows to slay all then Mahōdara sends him to Rāvaṇa — Kumbhakarṇa strides to palace scattering fear struck monkeys