सर्गः ५३
In which scorned Kumbhakarṇa rebukes Mahōdara, takes blazing spear with Rāvaṇa blessings, swells mountainlike despite dire omens, and marches roaring from Laṅkā to scatter the monkey host
Kumbhakarṇa rebukes Mahōdara and turns to brother Rāvaṇa — Kumbhakarṇa vows to wipe fear and make brother carefree — Kumbhakarṇa mocks timid flatterers who ruined Laṅkā and wasted army — Rāvaṇa praises peerless friend and sends him to victory — Kumbhakarṇa lifts all iron spear adorned with garlands — Rāvaṇa decks Kumbhakarṇa with ornaments armor and blesses him — Kumbhakarṇa marches with roaring troops though he vowed to go alone — Kumbhakarṇa swells mountainlike vows to burn hosts slay Rāma Lakṣmaṇa — Kumbhakarṇa ignores dire omens crosses rampart views cloudlike monkey host — Monkeys flee like clouds as Kumbhakarṇa roars felling many