Shloka 6

Devanagari script

एतसस्मिंस्तु तथाभूते नान्यं हिंसितुमुत्सहे । क्रीडसे कामकारेण देवराज यथेच्छकम्‌

Transliteration

etasmim̐s tu tathābhūte nānyaṃ hiṃsitum utsahe | krīḍase kāmakāreṇa devarāja yathecchakam ||

Translation

قال غارودا: «وقد آل الأمر إلى ما آل إليه، فلا أستطيع أن أُقدِم على إيذاء غيره بدلًا منه. يا ملكَ الآلهة، إنك تتصرّف بمحض الهوى—تلعب كما تشاء بلا كابح.»

Word by Word

• एतस्मिन्: in this
• एतस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• तथा: thus/in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• भूते: having happened/being so
• भूते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूत
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अन्यम्: another (person)
• अन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• हिंसितुम्: to harm/kill
• Type: Verb
• Root: हिंस्
• Form: Infinitive (tumun)

• उत्सहे: I am able/I dare
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्सह्
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Atmanepada

• क्रीडसे: you play/sport
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रीड्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Atmanepada

• कामकारेण: by self-will/arbitrariness
• कामकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कामकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• देवराज: O king of gods
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• यथा: as/just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• इच्छकम्: as you wish/at will
• इच्छकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इच्छक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

गरुड उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Garuda
• Indra (Devarāja)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when provoked or wronged, substituting one victim for another is ethically unacceptable; moral responsibility requires refusing unjust harm, and power exercised by mere whim is criticized.

What is happening in the narrative?

Garuda addresses Indra, declaring that given the present circumstances he will not harm some other being as a substitute, and he reproaches Indra for acting capriciously—treating events like a game.