Kumbhakarna pleaded with Brahma, saying nobody in their right mind would ask for eternal sleep and that he had made a mistake. Some versions say that Ravana even pleaded with Brahma to undo the boon. But Brahma could not go back on a boon once granted. Finally, they came to an agreement — Kumbhakarna would sleep for six months a year and stay awake for another six months. Not trumpeting elephants, not braying donkeys, not wailing children.
Even the aroma of delicious food barely had an effect on him! When Ravana entered into battle with Rama and was staring at defeat, it was Kumbhakarna he turned to for help. The giant was just preparing to go to bed when his brother appealed to him for help. Kumbhakarna advised Ravana to give up his mad desire for Sita and apologise to Rama but the latter refused. He convinced Kumbhakarna to join him by telling him that the glory of their clan was at stake.
Kumbhakarna was extremely loyal to his brother and though he was against what Ravana had done, he reluctantly agreed. Kumbhakarna was a terror on the battlefield.
Soldiers scattered in fear, looking at the humongous giant who flung elephants as if they were mice. It was Rama who finally killed him. Behavioral abnormalities include antisocial behavior, emotional lability and sham rage. Correlating the scientific literature and the mythological story of Kumbhakarna we have come to a conclusion that Kumbhakarna was possibly suffering from hypothalamic obesity. The presence of hyperphagia and obesity are obvious pointers to the same.
A previous publication describes him as possibly suffering from Hypothyroidism and sleep apnea. The presence of Sham rage in hypothalamic obesity also fits with the description of Kumbhakarna. At one point in Valmiki's Ramayana Kumbhakarna is described to have drunk two thousand pitchers of water after being woken up from his slumber and summoned by his brother. Another hypothalamic disorder Klein—Levin syndrome also has certain features, which resemble the story of Kumbhakarna.
Klein—Levin syndrome is a rare disorder of adolescents, which is associated with periodic episodes of somnolence, hyperphagia and hypersexuality along with other behavioral and cognitive difficulties.
The etiology of this syndrome is not well defined but often precipitated following trivial infection like flu or head trauma. The episodic nature of Kumbhakarna 's sleep fits conveniently into the episodic nature of this syndrome where the episodes have been reported to last from 2 to 80 days. Another feature from the mythology, which fits into the description is the inability to articulate what he wanted to say to Lord Brahma.
Treatment of hypothalamic obesity is difficult. Lifestyle measures have shown little benefit. Bariatric surgery has also been used successfully in hypothalamic obesity. Mood stabilizers like Lithium have been found to reduce the frequency and prolong the duration between the episodes.
In conclusion, disorder of the hypothalamus like hypothalamic obesity or could very well explain some of the symptoms that Kumbhakarna suffered from correlating the complex hypothalamic disorders with a popular story from Ramayana proved to be an excellent and fruitful way of teaching and learning. Source of Support: Nil. But Saturn suddenly changed its position. Noticing this, a furious Ravana attacked Saturn with his mace and broke off one of its legs, maiming him for life.
Ravana was a great practitioner of statecraft. When Lord Rama killed Ravana, who was on his last breath, Rama instructed his brother Lakshmana to go to Ravana and learn the art of statecraft and diplomacy from the dying demon king. Ravana, after thousand years of penance, sought a boon for immortality from Lord Brahma, but the later politely declined saying that his life would be concentrated at his navel naabhi.
Ravana's brother Vibhishana, a devotee of Rama, knew this, and on the tenth day of the battle, he told Rama to strike his arrow at Ravana's navel, killing the demon king. Ravana had acquired a boon from Lord Brahma by beseeching that no god, demon, kinnar or gandharva could ever kill him. He was granted this boon, little knowing that he did not seek the boon for protection from human beings.
It was Rama, as a human, who ultimately slayed Ravana. Ravana not only usurped Kubera's kingdom of Lanka, but also his golden Pushpaka Vimana.
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Vicky Kaushal-Katrina Kaif to tie the knot by December? Govt invites applications for chief economic adviser post. Apple rolls out iOS Opinion Refusing bail to Aryan Khan is unjustified. Is it true? Head number six dives, and head number one takes its place: the bully. So armour up, fat boy, and make yourself useful. If not to Lanka, then to me. Ghee by the gallon. Butter by the brick. What a fat, lazy slob of a brother you are!
Head number one, its job done, clears the deck for head number six, smiling warmly. Just destroy the Vanaras — leave Rama for me, of course — and you can go right back to sleep. I know what he wants to do. He wants to get me drunk, which will be easy thanks to my empty stomach.
He wants me like that on the battlefield, free of moral second-guessing. If I have to do it, maybe it will be better that way? I can slaughter these monkeys over the course of one long bender, black out, and remember nothing about it. They can hose the blood out of my beard while I snore. Look, the beer barrels are already here.
To Princess Sita!
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