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Chapter 10: Prahlāda, the Best Among Exalted Devotees

Verse 36 of 65
SB 7.10.36

पुनश्च विप्रशापेन राक्षसौ तौ बभूवतुः कुम्भकर्णदशग्रीवौ हतौ तौ रामविक्रमैः

punaś ca vipra-śāpena rākṣasau tau babhūvatuḥ kumbhakarṇa-daśa-grīvau hatau tau rāma-vikramaiḥ

Synonyms

punaḥ—again; ca—also; vipra-śāpena—being cursed by the brāhmaṇas; rākṣasau—the two Rākṣasas; tau—both of them; babhūvatuḥ—incarnated as; kumbhakarṇa-daśa-grīvau—known as Kumbhakarṇa and the ten-headed Rāvaṇa (in their next birth); hatau—they also were killed; tau—both of them; rāma-vikramaiḥ—by the extraordinary strength of Lord Rāmacandra..

Translation

Being cursed by the brāhmaṇas, the same two associates took birth again as Kumbhakarṇa and the ten-headed Rāvaṇa. These two Rākṣasas were killed by Lord Rāmacandra's extraordinary power.

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