Shloka 37

Devanagari script

तत एनं समुत्क्षिप्प सहसा विनतासुत: । उत्पपात नभस्तूर्ण तत्र चैनममुज्चत

Transliteration

tata enaṃ samutkṣipya sahasā vinatāsutaḥ | utpapāta nabhas tūrṇaṃ tatra cainam amuñcata ||

Translation

Then Vinatā’s son (Garuḍa) suddenly seized him and, swiftly rising into the sky, released him there.

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from/then')

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• समुत्क्षिप्य: having lifted up
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उत्-क्षिप्
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), 'having lifted up'

• सहसा: suddenly; forcibly; swiftly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा
• Form: Avyaya

• विनतासुतः: the son of Vinatā (Garuḍa)
• विनतासुतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनता-सुत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उत्पपात: leapt up; sprang up
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-√पत्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada

• नभः: the sky
• नभः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नभस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तूर्णम्: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूर्ण
• Form: Avyaya (adverbial accusative)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र
• Form: Avyaya

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Avyaya

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अमुज्चत्: released; let go
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Garuḍa (Vinatāsuta)
• Vinatā
• sky (nabhas)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how a powerful, divinely connected agent acts decisively and without hesitation; in ethical terms, it suggests that when a higher purpose is at work, action can be swift and unstoppable, overriding ordinary resistance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Garuḍa, identified as Vinatā’s son, suddenly lifts a person up, flies quickly into the sky, and then releases him there—an abrupt, forceful transition that marks Garuḍa’s dominance and the rapid execution of the event.