Shloka 10

Garuḍa’s Assault on the Devas and the Fire-Barrier (अमृत-रक्षा-युद्धम्)

Devanagari script

विनतोवाच यस्ते कण्ठमनुप्राप्तो निगीर्ण बडिशं यथा,विनता बोली--बेटा! जो तुम्हारे कण्ठमें पड़नेपर अंगारकी तरह जलाने लगे और मानो बंसीका काँटा निगल लिया गया हो, इस प्रकार कष्ट देने लगे, उसे वर्णोमें श्रेष्ठ ब्राह्मण समझना। क्रोधमें भरे होनेपर भी तुम्हें ब्रह्महत्या नहीं करनी चाहिये

Transliteration

vinatovāca: yas te kaṇṭham anuprāpto nigīrṇa-baḍiśaṃ yathā, vinatā: putra! yo ’gnārka iva te kaṇṭhe praviśya dahyate, baḍiśa-kaṇṭakaṃ nigīrṇam iva duḥkhaṃ janayet, taṃ varṇeṣu śreṣṭhaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ vijānīhi; krodhāviṣṭenāpi tvayā brahmahatyā na kartavyā.

Translation

قالت فينَتا: «يا بُنيّ، إن بلغ أحدٌ حَلْقَك فأحرقك كالجمر المتّقد، وأذاقك عذابًا كأنك ابتلعتَ سنّارة صيد، فاعلم أنه برهميّ—وهو خيرُ الطبقات. وحتى إن استولى عليك الغضب، فلا ترتكب إثم قتل البرهميّ.»

Word by Word

विनताVinata

उवाचsaid

यःwho

तेof you/your

कण्ठम्throat/neck

अनुप्राप्तःhaving reached/entered

निगीर्णःswallowed

बडिशम्fish-hook (hook)

यथाas/like

Speaker

गरुड उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vinata

Garuḍa

Brāhmaṇa

baḍiśa (fishhook)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even under extreme provocation and anger, one must restrain oneself from committing brahmahatyā (killing a Brahmin), which is treated as a paramount moral transgression; dharma requires self-control and respect for protected persons.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vinata instructs Garuḍa that if a being enters his throat and causes intense pain—like an ember or a swallowed fishhook—he should recognize that being as a Brahmin and must not kill him, warning Garuḍa against acting in anger.