Shloka 7

Garuḍa’s Breach of the Amṛta-Guard and Boons with Viṣṇu; Encounter with Indra (Ādi-parva, Adhyāya 29)

Devanagari script

ततो<पश्यत्‌ स पितरं पृष्टश्चाख्यातवान्‌ पितुः । यथान्यायममेयात्मा तं चोवाच महानृषि:,तदनन्तर उन्हें अपने पिता कश्यपजीका दर्शन हुआ। उनके पूछनेपर अमेयात्मा गरुडने पितासे यथोचित कुशल-समाचार कहा। महर्षि कश्यप उनसे इस प्रकार बोले

Transliteration

tato ’paśyat sa pitaraṃ pṛṣṭaś cākhyātavān pituḥ | yathānyāyam ameyātmā taṃ covāca mahān ṛṣiḥ ||

Translation

Then Garuḍa beheld his father. When questioned, the immeasurable-souled one reported to him, in a manner befitting propriety, his welfare and circumstances. Thereupon the great sage Kaśyapa addressed him in these words.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• अपश्यत्: saw
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पितरम्: father
• पितरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पृष्टः: having been asked
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पृच्छ्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• आख्यातवान्: told, reported
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-ख्या
• Form: क्तवतुँ (perfect participle, active sense), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पितुः: to/of (his) father
• पितुः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• यथा: as, according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• अन्यायम्: impropriety, injustice
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्याय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अमेयात्मा: one of immeasurable nature (Garuda)
• अमेयात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमेयात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• उवाच: said, spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• महान्: great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ऋषिः: sage
• ऋषिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

गरुड उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Garuḍa
• Kaśyapa (sage; father of Garuḍa)