Rama Kills Kumbakarna

Meanwhile in Lanka,
Ravana refused to listen
to the wise counsel
of his younger brother, Vibheeshana.
Vibheeshana knew that if war broke out,
it would mean the end of the demon race.
But Vibheeshana's words
hurt Ravana's ego
and he accused Vibheeshana
of being a traitor.
Hurt by this,
Vibheeshana went to Rama,
and sort refuge under him
Sri Rama accepted Vibheeshana.
And promised him that,
upon Ravana's death
he would be the king of Lanka.
Vibheeshana asks Rama to pray to the Sea God
to build a bridge across the ocean.
Rama prays for a whole day
but there is no response from the Sea god.
Rama gets dejected
he gets angry,
and gets ready to attack the ocean.
Then suddenly the sea God emerges,
and asks Rama to build the bridge over the sea.
The vanaras build the bridge
across the sea
by placing stones, trees and sand.
The bridge was ready in five days.
Cheering with excitement,
the vanara army crossed the sea,
and reached Lanka.
Ravana sent many more demons,
who were very good at warfare.
A fierce battle broke out,
between the vanaras and the demons.
Each one of the vanaras fought bravely,
and injured or killed many demons.
The demons fought equally well.
Ravana felt very humiliated.
Ravana now woke up the sleeping giant Kumbakarna.
He was Ravana's brother.
He ate for six months
and slept for six months.
Ravana knew that only he could save
Lanka from ruin.
When Kumbakarna came to know
that he was woken up
because of the war
he walked towards the battlefield.
He was very huge and massive,
the vanaras were terrified of his size and form
They were no match for him
After seeing the panic in the vanaras,
Rama rose to face Kumbakarna.
A fierce battle was waged.
Rama used one of his powerul weapons
and chopped Kumbakarna's arms and legs,
Kumabakarna died.
The vanaras felt very happy at the success.