Shloka 46

Garuḍa–Śakra Saṃvāda and the Retrieval of Amṛta (गरुड–शक्र संवादः अमृत-अपहरण-प्रसङ्गः)

Devanagari script

धारयन्तो विचित्राणि काउचनानि मनस्विन: । कवचानि महाहणि वैदूर्यविकृतानि च,मनस्वी देवता विचित्र सुवर्णमय तथा बहुमूल्य वैदूर्य मणिमय कवच धारण करने लगे

Transliteration

dhārayanto vicitrāṇi kāñcanāni manasvinaḥ | kavacāni mahārhāṇi vaidūrya-vikṛtāni ca |

Translation

قال كاشيابا: «إنّ أولئك ذوي الهمم السامية شرعوا يلبسون دروعًا عجيبة من ذهب—أدرعًا نفيسة صُنعت وأُطعّمت بڤيدوريا (vaidūrya، حجر عين القط).»

Word by Word

• धारयन्तः: wearing / bearing
• धारयन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ (धारणे) → धारयत् (वर्तमाने कृदन्तः)
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• विचित्राणि: variegated, wonderful
• विचित्राणि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विचित्र
• Form: नपुं, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• कौच्यानि: coats of mail / cuirasses
• कौच्यानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौच्य (कौच्य-कवच-प्रकारः)
• Form: नपुं, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• मनस्विनः: high-spirited, resolute
• मनस्विनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनस्विन्
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• कवचानि: armours
• कवचानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कवच
• Form: नपुं, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• महाहानि: very strong / greatly protective (reading uncertain)
• महाहानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाह (पाठभेद/दुर्लभ-शब्दः; सम्भाव्यः: महाहन्/महाहत/महाह)
• Form: नपुं, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• वैदूर्य-विकृतानि: adorned/embellished with cat’s-eye gems
• वैदूर्य-विकृतानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैदूर्य + विकृत
• Form: नपुं, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

कश्यप उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kaśyapa
• kavaca (armour)
• kāñcana (gold)
• vaidūrya (cat’s-eye gem)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Outer splendour and costly equipment signify status and readiness, but implicitly point to the responsibility that accompanies power—preparedness for one’s appointed duty, especially in times of conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kaśyapa describes noble beings putting on ornate, precious armours made of gold and embellished with vaidūrya gems, indicating a scene of formal arming and preparation.