Kumbhakar?a approaches Rava?a; who is seated in his Pu?paka chariot rather than his proper throne; and then bows before him; while outside the walls of La?ka; Vibhi?a?a tells the astonished Rama and his friends the story of Kumbhakar?a. Vibhi?a?a says that his brother Kumbhakar?a was such a scourge of the earth that Brahma cursed him to be perpetually asleep; but that; on appeal from Rava?a; Brahma agreed that after six months of sleep he could be awake for one day. Lak?ma?a has managed to cure himself by recollecting that he is in part Vi??u and is now up and about.Udaipur; c. 1653.From: Ramayana.Add. 15297 (1); f. 67London; British Library.