Shloka 18

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

Devanagari script

प्रमतिरु्वाच ततः: पितामहाज्ञात: सर्व चक्रे तदारुण:,प्रमति कहते हैं--तत्पश्चात्‌ पितामह ब्रह्माजीकी आज्ञासे अरुणने उस समय सब कार्य उसी प्रकार किया। सूर्य अरुणसे आवृत होकर उदित हुए। वत्स! सूर्यके मनमें क्यों क्रोधका आवेश हुआ था, इस प्रश्नके उत्तरमें मैंने ये सब बातें कही हैं

Transliteration

pramatir uvāca tataḥ pitāmahājñātaḥ sarvaṃ cakre tadāruṇaḥ | sūryo 'ruṇena āvṛtaḥ uditaḥ ||

Translation

Pramati sprach: „Daraufhin führte Aruṇa, auf Geheiß des Pitāmaha (Brahmā), zu jener Zeit alles aus, wie es erforderlich war. Die Sonne ging auf, von Aruṇa verhüllt. Mein Kind, all dies habe ich dir erzählt als Antwort auf deine Frage, warum Zorn in den Sinn der Sonne drang.“

Word by Word

• {'pramatiḥ uvāca': 'Pramati said', 'tataḥ': 'thereafter

• then', 'pitāmaha-ājñātaḥ': 'by the command/authority of the Pitāmaha (Brahmā)', 'sarvam': 'everything

• all tasks', 'cakre': 'did

• carried out', 'tadā': 'at that time', 'aruṇaḥ': 'Aruṇa (charioteer of the Sun

• elder brother of Garuḍa)', 'sūryaḥ': 'the Sun', 'āvṛtaḥ': 'covered

• screened', 'uditaḥ': 'risen

• appeared (at sunrise)', 'vatsa': 'dear child

• affectionate address', 'krodha': 'anger', 'āveśa': 'surge

• overpowering impulse', 'praśna': 'question', 'uttara': 'answer

Speaker

पितामह उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Pramati
• Pitāmaha (Brahmā)
• Aruṇa
• Sūrya (the Sun)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage underscores that cosmic functions proceed through appointed agents acting under higher authority: Aruṇa fulfills Brahmā’s command, enabling the Sun’s rising in an ordered way. It also frames anger as something with a cause that can be examined and explained rather than merely indulged.

What is happening in the narrative?

Pramati continues an explanatory account: after Brahmā’s instruction, Aruṇa performs the necessary acts, and the Sun rises with Aruṇa as a covering/veil. Pramati states that this narration answers the listener’s question about why anger arose in the Sun.