On entering the mighty host of monkeys, the hungry Kumbhakarna, hankering after flesh and blood, ate up the monkeys and with them, devoured many a Rākşasa and Piśāca by, mistake. Thus, as Death devour creatures at the end of a Yuga, he destroyed the mighty monkeys.
बुभुक्षितः शोणितमांसगृध्नुः प्रविश्य तद्वानरसैन्यमुग्रम्। चखाद रक्षांसि हरॆन्पिशाचान्नृक्षांश्च मोहाधुधि कुम्भकर्णः।। यथैव मृत्युहरते युगान्ते स भक्षयामास हरीश्च मुख्यान्॥