Shloka 19

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

Devanagari script

उदितश्चैव सविता हारुणेन समावृत: । एतत्‌ ते सर्वमाख्यातं यत्‌ सूर्य मन्युराविशत्‌,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

uditaś caiva savitā hāruṇena samāvṛtaḥ | etat te sarvam ākhyātaṃ yat sūrya manyur āviśat ||

Translation

So ging die Sonne auf, von Aruṇa verhüllt. Damit habe ich dir alles berichtet als Antwort auf deine Frage, wie der Zorn in den Sinn der Sonne gelangte.

Word by Word

• {'uditaḥ': 'risen

• having arisen', 'ca': 'and', 'eva': 'indeed

• emphatically', 'savitā': 'the Sun (as the impeller/solar deity)', 'hāruṇena': 'by/with Aruṇa (instrumental singular)', 'samāvṛtaḥ': 'covered, veiled, enveloped', 'etat': 'this', 'te': 'to you

• for you', 'sarvam': 'all

• the whole matter', 'ākhyātam': 'told, explained, narrated', 'yat': 'that which

• namely', 'sūrya': 'O Sun / concerning the Sun (contextual address/mention)', 'manyuḥ': 'wrath, anger, indignation', 'āviśat': 'entered

Speaker

पितामह उवाच

Characters & Entities

• पितामह (Brahmā, the Grandsire)
• सविता/सूर्य (the Sun)
• अरुण (Aruṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames anger (manyu) as a describable cause within a larger moral-cosmic order: events unfold through appointed roles (Aruṇa’s duty under Brahmā’s command), and the narrator clarifies the origin of wrath so it can be understood and, implicitly, regulated rather than left as blind impulse.

What is happening in the narrative?

Pitāmaha concludes his explanation: Aruṇa, following Brahmā’s instruction, performs his function, and the Sun rises with Aruṇa as his covering. This statement closes the account answering why anger entered the Sun’s mind.