Fall Of Kumbha-karna Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC D EE FF GG HH II G JJ BB KK LM MN II HH AA HH OO BB JJ KK PP QQ P GG F GG BB MM RR| Once more healed and strong and valiant Lakshman in his arms arose | A |
| Safe behind the gates of Lanka humbled Ravan shunned his foes | A |
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| Till the stalwart Kumbha karna from his wonted slumbers woke | B |
| Mightiest be of all the Rakshas Ravan thus unto him spoke | B |
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| 'Thou alone O Kumbha karna can the Raksha's honour save | C |
| Strongest of the Raksha warriors stoutest hearted midst the brave | C |
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| Speed thee like the Dread Destroyer to the dark and dubious fray | D |
| Cleave through Rama's girdling forces chase the scattered foe away ' | - |
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| Like a mountain's beetling turret Kumbha karna stout and tall | E |
| Passed the city's lofty portals and the city's girdling wall | E |
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| And he raised his voice in battle sent his cry from shore to shore | F |
| Solid mountains shook and trembled and the sea returned the roar | F |
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| INDRA nor the great VARUNA equalled Kumbha karna's might | G |
| Vanars trembled at the warrior sought their safety in their flight | G |
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| But the prince of fair Kishkindha Angad chief of warlike fame | H |
| Marked his panic stricken forces with a princely warrior's shame | H |
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| 'Whither fly ye trembling Vanars ' thus the angry chieftain cried | I |
| 'All forgetful of your duty of your worth and warlike pride | I |
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| Deem not stalwart Kumbha karna is our match in open fight | G |
| Forward let us meet in battle let us crush his giant might ' | - |
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| Rallied thus the broken army stone and tree and massive rock | J |
| Hurled upon the giant Raksha speeding with the lightning's shock | J |
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| Vain each flying rock and missile vain each stout and sturdy stroke | B |
| On the Raksha's limbs of iron stone and tree in splinters broke | B |
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| Dashing through the scattered forces Kumbha karna fearless stood | K |
| As a forest conflagration feasts upon the parch d wood | K |
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| Far as confines of the ocean to the causeway they had made | L |
| To the woods or caves or billows Vanars in their terror fled | M |
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| Hanuman of dauntless valour turned not in his fear nor fled | M |
| Heaved a rock with mighty effort on the Raksha's towering held | N |
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| With his spear head Kumbha karna dashed the flying rock aside | I |
| By the Raksha's weapon stricken Hanuman fell in his pride | I |
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| Next Rishabha and brave Nila and the bold Sarabha came | H |
| Gavaksha and Gandha madan chieftains of a deathless fame | H |
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| But the spear of Kunibha karna hurled to earth his feeble foes | A |
| Dreadful was the field of carnage loud the cry of battle rose | A |
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| Angad prince of fair Kishkindha filled with anger and with shame | H |
| Tore a rock with wrathful prowess to the fatal combat came | H |
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| Short the combat soon the Raksha caught and turned his foe around | O |
| Hurled him in his deadly fury bleeding senseless on the ground | O |
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| Last Sugriva king of Vanars with a vengeful anger woke | B |
| Tore a rock from bed of mountain and in proud defiance spoke | B |
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| Vain Sugriva's toil and struggle Kumbha karna hurled a rock | J |
| Fell Suguriva crushed and senseless 'neath the missile's mighty shock | J |
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| Piercing through the Vanar forces like a flame through forest wood | K |
| Came the Raksha where in glory Lakshman calm and fearless stood | K |
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| Short their contest Kumbha karna sought a greater mightier foe | P |
| To the young and dauntless Lakshman spake in accents soft and low | P |
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| 'Dauntless prince and matchless warrior fair Sumitra's gallant son | Q |
| Thou hast proved unrivalled prowess and unending glory won | Q |
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| But I seek a mightier foeman to thy elder let me go | P |
| I would fight the royal Rama or to die or slay my foe ' | - |
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| 'Victor proud ' said gallant Lakshman 'peerless in thy giant might | G |
| Conqueror of great Immortals Lakshman owns thy skill in fight | G |
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| Mightier foe than bright Immortals thou shall meet in fatal war | F |
| Death for thee in guise of Rama tarries yonder not afar ' | - |
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| Ill it fared with Kumbha karna when he strove with Rama's might | G |
| Men on earth nor Gods immortal conquered Rama in the fight | G |
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| Deadly arrows keen and flaming from the hero's weapon broke | B |
| Kumbha karna faint and bleeding felt his death at every stroke | B |
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| Last an arrow pierced his armour from his shoulders smote his head | M |
| Kumbha karna lifeless headless rolled upon the gory bed | M |
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| Hurled unto the heaving ocean Kumbha karna's body fell | R |
| And as shaken by a tempest mighty was the ocean's swell | R |
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