Shloka 10

Garuḍa’s Inquiry on Permissible Prey and Vinatā’s Counsel (ब्राह्मणावध्यता–उपदेशः)

Devanagari script

तस्माललोकविनाशार्थ हावतिछे न संशय: । एवं कृतमति: सूर्यो हृस्तमभ्यगमद्‌ गिरिम्‌,“अतः सम्पूर्ण लोकोंका विनाश करनेके लिये निःसंदेह मैं अस्ताचलपर जाकर वहीं ठहर जाऊँगा।' ऐसा निश्चय करके सूर्यदेव अस्ताचलको चले गये

Transliteration

tasmāl lokavināśārthaṁ hāvati che na saṁśayaḥ | evaṁ kṛtamatiḥ sūryo hṛṣṭam abhyagamād girim |

Translation

„Darum werde ich, um alle Welten zu vernichten — daran besteht kein Zweifel — zum Berge Astācala gehen und dort verweilen.“ So entschlossen zog der Sonnengott, zufrieden mit seinem Entschluss, zu jenem Berge hin.

Word by Word

तस्मात्therefore/from that

लोक-विनाश-अर्थम्for the destruction of the worlds

अस्तम्to setting (to the west)

गच्छेI go

नnot

संशयःdoubt

एवम्thus

कृत-मतिḥhaving formed a resolve

सूर्यःthe Sun

हृष्टम्gladdened/pleased

अभ्यगमत्went towards/approached

गिरिम्the mountain

Speaker

युपर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sūrya (Sun-god)

Giri (mountain/astācala by context)

Loka (the worlds/beings)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the immense ethical weight of a firm resolve (kṛtamati): when a powerful agent fixes the mind on a destructive aim, the consequences can become cosmic in scale. It implicitly warns that intention and determination must be aligned with sustaining order rather than harming the world.

What is happening in the narrative?

Suparṇa narrates that the Sun-god, having decided—without doubt—to bring about the destruction of the worlds, sets out for the western mountain (the setting place, astācala) and goes there, pleased with his settled decision, intending to stay.