Shloka 28

सुपर्णागमनम्

Garuda’s Arrival and the Release from the Serpent-Arrow Bond

Devanagari script

तानार्तान्नष्टसंज्ञांश्चगतासूंश्चबृहस्पतिः ।विद्याभिर्मन्त्रयुक्ताभिरोषधीभिश्चिकित्सति ।।6.50.28।।

Transliteration

tān ārtān naṣṭa-saṃjñāṃś ca gatāsūṃś ca bṛhaspatiḥ |

vidyābhir mantra-yuktābhir oṣadhībhiś cikitsati ||6.50.28||

Translation

Bṛhaspati heilte die Bedrängten — die Bewusstlosen und selbst die dem Tod Nahen — durch heiliges Wissen, mit Mantras verbunden, und durch Arzneien aus Kräutern.

Word by Word

• tān: them
• tān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (pronoun), Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• ārtān: afflicted, distressed
• ārtān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ārta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural; adjective qualifying 'tān'

• naṣṭa-saṅjñān: unconscious (having lost awareness)
• naṣṭa-saṅjñān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: naṣṭa (कृदन्त, √naś धातु) + saṅjñā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa compound; Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Plural; 'naṣṭā saṅjñā yeṣām' = having lost consciousness; adjective qualifying 'tān'

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction particle (समुच्चय)

• gatāsūn: lifeless, dead
• gatāsūn: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gata (कृदन्त, √gam धातु) + asu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa compound; Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Plural; 'gatāḥ asavaḥ yeṣām' = whose life-breath has gone; adjective qualifying 'tān'

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction particle (समुच्चय)

• bṛhaspatiḥ: Brihaspati
• bṛhaspatiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bṛhaspati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• vidyābhiḥ: by sacred knowledge/recitations
• vidyābhiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural; means/instrument

• mantra-yuktābhiḥ: endowed with mantras
• mantra-yuktābhiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक) + yukta (कृदन्त, √yuj धातु)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa compound; Feminine, Instrumental (3rd), Plural; agrees with 'vidyābhiḥ' (understood: vidyābhiḥ mantrayuktābhiḥ)

• oṣadhībhiḥ: with herbs/medicines
• oṣadhībhiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: oṣadhī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural; means/instrument

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction particle (समुच्चय)

• cikitsati: treats, heals
• cikitsati: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √cikits (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (Present), Parasmaipada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

Context

"Brhaspati, the priest restored the wounded and lifeless, unconscious by means of reciting mantras, prayers and treatment by herbs."

Characters & Entities

• Bṛhaspati
• mantras
• oṣadhi (herbs/medicines)

FAQs

What is the core ethical principle (Dharma) in this verse?

Dharma appears as compassionate protection of life: the wise use knowledge, prayer, and medicine to restore the fallen rather than abandon them.

What is the narrative situation?

After severe fighting, the divine side’s wounded and unconscious are tended by Bṛhaspati using mantric and medicinal means.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Compassionate responsibility and learned skill—healing as a righteous duty performed with knowledge and care.