Udyoga Parva Adhyaya 100 Shloka 9 - Mahabharata | Bengali | Vedapath

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Shloka 9

रसातल-वर्णनम्

Rasātala Description: Surabhi, Phenapāḥ, and the Directional Cows

Devanagari script

सुवर्णचूडो नागाशी दारुणश्षण्डतुण्डक: । अनिलश्चानलश्लनैव विशालाक्षो5थ कुण्डली

Transliteration

nārada uvāca | suvarṇacūḍo nāgāśī dāruṇaś caṇḍatuṇḍakaḥ | anilaś cānalaś caiva viśālākṣo 'tha kuṇḍalī |

Translation

সুবর্ণচূড়, নাগাশী, দারুণ, চণ্ডতুণ্ডক, অনিল, অনল, বিশালাক্ষ এবং কুণ্ডলী—এরা গরুড়ের প্রধান পুত্রদের মধ্যে গণ্য।

Word by Word

सुवर्णचूडःone having a golden crest (name)

नागाशीserpent-eater (name)

दारुणःterrible, fierce (name/epithet)

चण्डतुण्डकःfierce-beaked one (name)

अनिलःwind (name)

चand

अनलःfire (name)

चand

एवindeed, just

विशालाक्षःlarge-eyed one (name)

अथthen, also

कुण्डलीearring-wearer / ringed one (name)

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Suvarṇacūḍa

Nāgāśī

Dāruṇa

Caṇḍatuṇḍaka

Anila

Anala

Viśālākṣa

Kuṇḍalī

Garuḍa (implied by the context of Garuḍa’s offspring in the provided passage)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse functions as a genealogical catalogue: greatness (bala, yaśas) is situated within lineage and cosmic order. It implies that power is not merely personal but part of a structured dharmic universe where beings have roles, names, and inherited identities.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is enumerating notable names among Garuḍa’s descendants. The passage is part of a broader listing that highlights the extent and prominence of Garuḍa’s line, describing them as renowned and mighty.