Kumbhakarna

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 O f
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 A N D PRI6HTENED AM
THE SAGES THERE f HA! HA! HA*
yOU SHO ULD HAVE S E E N
THEM RUN !
WELL D O N E ,
KUMBHAKARNA!
I AM PLEASED .
\
am ar chitra katha
INDHA, KING OF THE DEVAS, WAS
KUMBHAKARNA
ornor chrtra katha
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.
BRAHMA WAS PLEASED.
HE APPEARED BEFORE
THEM. |--------------- -------- —
RAVANA, VOU WILL
BE THE LORD OF THE
. THREE WORLDS. _
KUMBHAKARNA
WHEN /NPRA HEARD THAT, HE WAS
WORRIED.
^
BEFORE
BRAHMA ©IVES
KUMBHAKARNA A
BOON, I /MUST DO
WHEN
KUMBHAKARNA
ASKS FOR A
BOON, WILL
YOU CASTA
SPELL ON HIS
H E 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 KUMBHAKARNAi?
TURN.
a m ar cHitra katha
KUMBHAKARNA
THE N E X T MOMENT-
TH ER E 6 0 E S
KUMBHAKARNA!
W E’ RE
s a fe * y
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=-—
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’ T
IV — i^
IN A HUNDRED
____ 1 ___
X
YEARS.
EVEN THE SUN CAN’T
SHINE WITHOUT MY
PERMISSION. >
/ DON’T BOAST,
RAVANA. USE YOUR
STREN0TH FOR
THE 0 O O D OF
OTHERS. A € 0 0 0
KIMS SHOULD BE
KIND,HUMBLE
AND JU S T.
am or cKitra katha
IN STEAD OF TAK/NO H/S BROTHER’S
ADV/CE, RAVANA CARRIED AWAY S ITA,
THE WIFE OF RAMA, THE PRINCE OF
AYODHYA.
AT LANKA, RAVANA K EPT SITA IN H IS
ASHOKA GARDEN WHICH WAS FARAWAY
FROM HIS PALACE. VIBHISHANA CAME
TO S E E HIM .
WHAT 'lOU’ VE DONE
IS W RONS. 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 O F MONKEYS.
KUMBHAKARNA
omorchitra fcatha
WHY DO XXI
LOOK SCARED,
VIBHISHANA?
\ WHOEVER
N
I BHASMALOCHANA
LOOKS A T, IS
SHOOT HIM WITH
MIRRORSi HE’LL SEE
HIMSELF AND GET
BURNT INSTEAD, s
V
REDUCED TO ASHES.
HE’LL UNCOVER HIS
EYES WHEN HE
„ GOMES NEAR U S .y
RAMA QUICKLY CREATED MILLIONS OF
MIRRORS AND AIMED THEM AT BHASMALOCHANA.
BEFORE BHASMALOCHANA COULD
UNCOVER H/S EYES. THE MIRRORS HAD
SURROUNDED HIM.
WHEN THB TERRIBLE RAKSHASA OPENED HIS
EYES, H E FELT HUNDREDS OF EYES BURNING
INTO HIM. THEY WERE THE REFLECTIONS OF HIS
OWN FIERY EYES/
KUMBHAKARNA
It
am ar chitra katha
AFTER A WH/LE,HOWEVER, TAKE CAKE OF
HE WAS ON H/S FEET
YOUR CROWNS,
A6A/N. BUTRAVANA
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 B E
]
CHILD’S PLAY FDR fl
MY BROTHER.
EXCITEMENT, HAVANA HADFOR6CTTEN
BRAHMA'S WARNING. IF KUMBHAKARNA
WERE WOKEN BEFORE THE S/X MONTHS I
WERE OVER,HIS U FE WOULDBE IN DANGER!
THE RAKSHASA SERVANTS WENT TO
KUMBHAKARNA’S PALACE.
amar chitra katha
••-AND AS HE BREATHED IN, THEY WERE PULLED TOWARDS HIS NOSTRILS.
KUMBHAKARNA
HOW DO
WE WAKE
HIM UP?
IT ’S USELESS.
HE HA SN ’T
EVEN STOPPED
. SNORIN©.* „
L E T 'S
M AKE A
NOISE.
THEH POURED ICE- COLD SANDALWOOD
PASTE ON HIM. r ------------------- l
HE’S ONLY \ .
SNORIN©
Jtf
LOUDER!
7WEV
CONCH-SHELLS HEAR
HIS EAR. |-------------------------------------------
BUT KUMBHAKARNA
SLEPT ON.
am ar chitra hatha
TAKE THEM
AWAV! L E T ’S
DRAS HIM OUT
Of BED.
< BUT THEV COULD NOT EVEN MOVE HIM,
•amar chrtra katha
KUMBHAKARNA
a mar chitra katha
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KUMBHAKARNA
21
RAVANA TOLD KUMBHAKARNA
ALL ABOUT HIS WAR W/THRAMA,
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.
KUMBHAKARNA
MARCHED ALONE.
IT SHALL
BE D O N E.
I ’LL KILL
OUR
ENEMIES
AND
I’VE NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
YOU ARE MIGHTY AND
KUMBHAKARNA
amar chitra katha
KUMBHAKARNA
amar chitra katha
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KUMBHAKARNA
27
am a r chitra katha
KUMBHAKARNA
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Illustrated Classics From India
K um bhakarna
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. A s a poet of the people, Krittivasa's story was written
in simple language replete with delightful metaphors.
Editor: Anant Pai
Script: Subba Rao & Nandini Das
Illustrations: Ram Waeerkar
Cover: C.M. Vitankar
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