Shloka 15
Adhyāya 6: Pañca-mahābhūta–guṇa-nirdeśa and Sudarśana-dvīpa
Five Elements, Sensory Qualities, and a Cosmographic Island
मेरुरुत्तममध्यानामधमानां च पक्षिणाम् | अविशेषकरो यस्मात् तस्मादेनं त्यजाम्यहम्,एक समय पक्षिराज गरुड़के पुत्र सुमुखने मेरु-पर्वतपर सुनहरे शरीरवाले कौवोंको देखकर सोचा कि यह सुमेरुपर्वत उत्तम, मध्यम तथा अधम पक्षियोंमें कुछ भी अन्तर नहीं रहने देता है। इसलिये मैं इसको त्याग दूँगा। ऐसा विचार करके वे वहाँसे अन्यत्र चले गये
Merur uttama-madhyānām adhamānāṁ ca pakṣiṇām | aviśeṣa-karo yasmāt tasmād enaṁ tyajāmy aham ||
Sañjaya said: “Because Mount Meru makes no distinction between birds that are superior, middling, or inferior, I shall abandon it.” With this thought, the bird-king Garuḍa’s son Sumukha, having seen golden-bodied crows upon Mount Meru, departed from that place to elsewhere—rejecting a realm where merit and baseness appear to be treated alike.
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