Shloka 11

Ādi-parva Adhyāya 33: Vāsuki’s Council on Averting the Sarpa-satra

Devanagari script

अपीत्वैवामृतं पक्षी परिगृह्माशु निःसृतः । आगच्छदपरिश्रान्त आवार्यार्कप्रभां ततः,उन्होंने स्वयं अमृतको नहीं पीया, केवल उसे लेकर शीघ्रतापूर्वक वहाँसे निकल गये और सूर्यकी प्रभाका तिरस्कार करते हुए बिना थकावटके चले आये

Transliteration

apītvāivāmṛtaṃ pakṣī parigṛhya āśu niḥsṛtaḥ | āgacchad apariśrānta āvāryārkaprabhāṃ tataḥ ||

Translation

Without drinking the nectar at all, the winged one seized it and swiftly departed. Then, undaunted and unwearied, he came back as though eclipsing the radiance of the sun—his resolve marked by restraint and purpose rather than indulgence.

Word by Word

• अपित्वा: not having drunk
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (पिबति)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• एव: only/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अमृतम्: nectar of immortality
• अमृतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पक्षी: the bird (Garuda)
• पक्षी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्षिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• परिगृह्य: having taken/held (it) firmly
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), परि-, कर्तरि

• आशु: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु

• निःसृतः: went out/escaped
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृ (सरति)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used actively), निस्-, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आगच्छत्: came/returned
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (गच्छति)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अपरिश्रान्तः: unwearied, without fatigue
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपरिश्रान्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अवार्य: irresistible/unchecked
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवार्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अर्कप्रभाम्: the sun’s radiance
• अर्कप्रभाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्कप्रभा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• ततः: then/from there
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

Speaker

शौनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• शौनक (Śaunaka)
• पक्षी (the winged one—Garuḍa)
• अमृत (amṛta)
• अर्क (the sun)