सर्गः ५५
In which Hanumān and five chiefs fall before Kumbhakarṇa, Sugrīva is seized and bites free, and Rāma at last severs his arms feet and head
Rallied monkeys charge death resolved against Kumbhakarṇa — Kumbhakarṇa scatters thousands and devours monkeys like Garuḍa snakes — Hanumān rains peaks and trees and is pierced by spear — Nīla with R̥ṣabha Śarabha Gavākṣa Gandhamādana falls bloodied — Swarming monkeys bite climb as Kumbhakarṇa devours them survivors flee to Rāma — Sugrīva hurls mountain and is felled then seized toward Laṅkā — Hanumān steadies host while Sugrīva bites ears and nose and escapes — Kumbhakarṇa starved devours friends and foes alike — Lakṣmaṇa plants shafts then Rāma plants Raudra shafts — Rāma lops both arms severs feet fills mouth with shafts — Rāma severs mountainlike head as Indra severed Vr̥tra gods monkeys praise earth trembles