Shloka 51

Devanagari script

गरुडो दयितं पुत्र मयूरं चित्रबर्हिणम्‌ । अरुणस्ताम्रचूडं च प्रददौ चरणायुधम्‌

Transliteration

garuḍo dayitaṁ putra mayūraṁ citrabarhiṇam | aruṇastāmracūḍaṁ ca pradadau caraṇāyudham ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „Garuḍa schenkte seinen geliebten Sohn — den Pfau mit prächtigem, bunt schillerndem Gefieder; und auch Aruṇa gab den Rotkammigen, die ‘Fußwaffe’, den Vogel, der dafür berühmt ist, mit seinen Füßen zuzuschlagen.“

Word by Word

गरुडःGaruda

दयितम्beloved

पुत्रम्son

मयूरम्peacock

चित्रबर्हिणम्having variegated plumage

अरुणःAruna

ताम्रचूडम्red-crested

चand

प्रददौgave/bestowed

चरणायुधम्one whose weapon is his feet (talons)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Garuḍa

Aruṇa

Mayūra (peacock)

Citrabarhin (epithet of the peacock)

Tāmracūḍa (red-crested bird)

Caraṇāyudha (epithet: foot-weaponed bird)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores how gifts and honors in the epic world flow through bonds of affection and kinship; what is ‘given’ is also ‘entrusted,’ implying responsibility alongside privilege.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Garuḍa grants his beloved son, the splendid-feathered peacock, and that Aruṇa also bestows the red-crested, foot-weaponed bird—describing notable beings being granted as prized endowments.