KUMBHAKARNA'S DISEASE
KUMBHAKARNA: Kumbhakarna is an important character in Ramayana. He is the younger brother of Ravan , the demon king. That is he belonged to the asura clan. He was a giant with greater height and weight which made him the strongest warrior of the epic. Kumbhakarna was a great devotee of God Brahma. BOON TURNED OUT TO BE BANE: Kumbhakarna was the greatest devotee of God Brahma. He was on a severe penance worshipping Lord Brahma. As a result lord, Brahma granted him a boon to ask anything he wanted. So Kumbhakarna made this an opportunity to defeat devas and asked for the position of Indra the leader of devas as a boon, which panicked the Devas. They wanted to stop this and requested Maa Saraswathi to help them. And Maa Saraswathi to help the Deva's tied the tongue of Kumbhakarna when he was about to ask the boon. As a result of which he mispronounced the words. He intended to ask for Indrasana which was mispronounced to be Nidrasana. And he wanted to ask for Nirdevatam which w