Note 63 — Chapter XXVII · THE TRIAL AT THE HIGH COURT.
G. D. (George Devereux) Oswell translation
The reference is to the stories told of a brother of Ravan who was famous as a great sleeper: he is said to have slept the whole year, except on one day, when he would wake, and eat a hearty meal of some thousand animals: his name is taken from the tradition that his ears were as large as water jars.