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The mighty and valiant Kumbhakarna, who got very much enraged, lifting a mace and frightening his enemies, diffused them on all sides.

All those champions of Vanaras jumping up on Kumbhakarna, who was looking like a mountain, ascended him and bit him with their teeth. Those mighty armed excellent Vanaras encountered that Kumbhakarna with their nails, teeth, fists and arms.

Seizing all the Vanaras with his arms, that mighty Kumbhakarna devoured them like an enraged Garuda, the eagle devouring the serpents. Kumbhakarna ran towards Sugreeva, taking that spike in his hand. Sugreeva, uplifting and tightly holding a mountain-top, hurled it quickly on him. That mountain, soon after falling on his broad chest, was crushed to pieces. 

Struck by the mountain-top, that Kumbhakarna was enraged and he hurled his spike to kill Sugreeva.

Sri Hanuma, jumping up and holding with his arms that sharp spike, placing on his knee, made of iron weighing twenty thousand Tulas, broke it. Seeing Sri Hanuma breaking the spike, that army of Vanaras was rejoiced, roared several times and came back quickly from all quarters.

Kumbhakarna struck Sugreeva with a mountain and Sugreeva fell unconscious on the ground. Seeing him falling unconscious on the ground in battle, Kumbhakarna took him away. 

Seeing the army of Vanaras running away hither and thither and Sgureeva being taken away by Kumbhakarna, Sri Hanuma, thought as follows: 

"I think Sugreeva is not yet conscious of his self, as Kumbhakarna struck him with the blow of a mountain in the battle. Regaining his consciousness within a moment, Sugreeva will do what is good for himself and for his Vanaras.” 

“If I liberate Sugreeva, there will be a painful dislike for him and a perpetual infame. Therefore, I shall wait for a while, for the king to show his prowess. Meanwhile, I shall cheer up the scattered army of Vanaras."

Thinking in this way, Sri Hanuma then again brought firmness to the large army of Vanaras. 

Taking that Sugreeva, Kumbhakarna entered the City of Lanka, where he was greatly revered with showers of foremost flowers by the citizens.  

Sprinkled by those showers of fragrant waters and due to the coolness of the royal roads, the mighty Sugreeva gradually regained his consciousness. Then Sugreeva tore asunder Kumbhakarna's ears by his nails as also nose by his teeth and ribs by his feet. 

Kumbhakarna was subdued with rage, threw Sugreeva down on the floor and crushed him. Crushed down on the floor by that terrific Kumbhakarna and struck by the demons, Sugreeva moved with speed like a ball towards the sky and got united with Sri Rama. 

Once again the wisdom of Sri Hanuma was depicted here by Sage Valmiki.  Raising his body he can easily conquer Kumbhakarna and save Sugreeva.  

But the fame of both Sri Rama and Sugreeva will diminish with that action.  Hence, he waited for Sugreeva to recover and save himself.