Shloka 7

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

Devanagari script

वैरानुबन्ध॑ं कृतवांश्वन्द्रादित्यौ तदानघ । वध्यमाने ग्रहेणाथ आदित्ये मन्युराविशत्‌,प्रमतिने कहा--अनघ! जब राहु अमृत पी रहा था, उस समय चन्द्रमा और सूर्यने उसका भेद बता दिया; इसीलिये उसने चन्द्रमा और सूर्यसे भारी वैर बाँध लिया और उन्हें सताने लगा। राहुसे पीड़ित होनेपर सूर्यके मनमें क्रोधका आवेश हुआ

Transliteration

Vairānubandhaṃ kṛtavāṃś candrādityau tadānagha | vadhyamāne graheṇātha āditye manyur āviśat ||

Translation

Yuparṇa sprach: „O Makelloser, weil Mond und Sonne ihn damals verrieten, fasste Rāhu eine dauerhafte Feindschaft gegen sie. Und als jener Himmelskörper begann, die Sonne zu bedrängen und anzugreifen, fuhr Zorn in die Sonne.“

Word by Word

[{'term''vairānubandham', 'gloss': 'a continuing bond of enmity

enduring hostility'}, {'term''kṛtavān', 'gloss': 'made

undertook'}, {'term''candra', 'gloss': 'the Moon'}, {'term': 'āditya', 'gloss': 'the Sun

also ‘son of Aditi’ (herethe Sun)'}, {'term': 'tadā', 'gloss': 'then

at that time'}, {'term''anagha', 'gloss': 'O blameless one

sinless (vocative address)'}, {'term''vadhyamāne', 'gloss': 'being struck/assailed

being harmed (locative absolute sense)'}, {'term''graheṇa', 'gloss': 'by the graha (seizer)

the planet Rahu'}, {'term''atha', 'gloss': 'then

thereupon'}, {'term''manyuḥ', 'gloss': 'wrath

indignation'}, {'term''āviśat', 'gloss': 'entered

Speaker

युपर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yuparṇa

Candra (Moon)

Āditya (Sun)

Rāhu (graha)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how exposing wrongdoing can generate enduring hostility, and how being harmed can provoke anger; it implicitly points to the ethical need to restrain wrath even when wronged, since anger perpetuates cycles of conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Rahu, having been exposed by the Moon and the Sun, vows lasting enmity against them. When Rahu later afflicts the Sun (as in eclipse imagery), anger arises in the Sun.