Shloka 27
Garuḍa–Śakra Saṃvāda and the Retrieval of Amṛta (गरुड–शक्र संवादः अमृत-अपहरण-प्रसङ्गः)
शृज्भाणि च व्यशीर्यन्त गिरेस्तस्प समन्तत: । मणिकाज्चनचित्राणि शोभयन्ति महागिरिम्,उस पर्वतके मणिकांचनमय विचित्र शिखर, जो उस महान् शैलकी शोभा बढ़ा रहे थे, सब ओरसे चूर-चूर होकर गिर पड़े
śṛṅgāṇi ca vyaśīryanta gireḥ tasya samantataḥ | maṇikāñcanacitrāṇi śobhayanti mahāgirim ||
Kāśyapa sagte: „Rings um jenen Berg brachen seine Gipfel auseinander und zerbröckelten. Die vielfarbigen Zinnen aus Edelsteinen und Gold—die einst den Glanz des großen Berges mehrten—wurden zerschmettert und stürzten hinab.“
कश्यप उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights impermanence: even the most splendid, gem-and-gold adorned heights can collapse. Ethically, it cautions against attachment to external splendour and encourages steadiness and humility grounded in dharma.
Kaśyapa describes a dramatic upheaval in which a great mountain’s peaks—brilliant with gems and gold—break apart and fall down on all sides, signalling a powerful natural (or supernatural) disturbance.