Shloka 11
Adhyaya 2 — The Lineage of Garuda and the Birth of the Wise Birds: Kanka and Kandhara
स गत्वा शैलशिखरं कङ्को यत्र हतः स्थितः ।
तस्य संकलनं चक्रे भ्रातुर्ज्येष्ठस्य खेचरः ॥
कोपामर्षविवृताक्षो नागेन्द्र इव निःश्वसन् ॥
sa gatvā śailaśikharaṃ kaṅko yatra hataḥ sthitaḥ /
tasya saṃkalanaṃ cakre bhrātur jyeṣṭhasya khecaraḥ /
kopāmarṣa-vivṛtākṣo nāgendra iva niḥśvasan
Er ging zum Gipfel des Berges, wo Kaṅka erschlagen lag. Der Himmelswanderer sammelte darauf die sterblichen Überreste seines älteren Bruders. Mit vor Zorn und Empörung weit aufgerissenen Augen atmete er schwer wie eine herrische Schlange.
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FAQs
The verse juxtaposes two impulses: a dharmic act of caring for a fallen elder (collecting the body/remains) and the rising of kopa–amarṣa (anger born of perceived outrage). It quietly warns that grief, if yoked to indignation, can become the seed of further violence—showing how unresolved affronts perpetuate cycles of retaliation.
This is best classified under Vaṃśānucarita/Carita-type narrative material (accounts connected with beings and their episodes), rather than Sarga (creation) or Manvantara. It functions as an illustrative story embedded in the Purana’s broader narrative fabric.
The ‘serpent-lord’ simile suggests the awakening of a latent, coiled force: anger as a powerful pranic surge (niḥśvāsa) that can either be mastered or become venomous. The widened eyes (vivṛtākṣa) signal a consciousness narrowed by passion—an inner state where discernment is eclipsed, foreshadowing karmic escalation.