Shloka 5

Garuḍa Learns the Cause of Vinatā’s Bondage and the Nāgas Demand Amṛta (Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 23)

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे चापि गरुड: काल आगते । विना मात्रा महातेजा विदार्याण्डमजायत,इसी बीचमें समय पूरा होनेपर महातेजस्वी गरुड माताकी सहायताके बिना ही अण्डा फोड़कर बाहर निकल आये

Transliteration

etasminn antare cāpi garuḍaḥ kāla āgate | vinā mātrā mahātejā vidāryāṇḍam ajāyata ||

Translation

Śaunaka dit : Cependant, lorsque l’heure destinée fut venue, le puissant et rayonnant Garuḍa—sans aucune aide de sa mère—brisa l’œuf et naquit. L’épisode met en lumière la force du destin et de la puissance intérieure : quand le moment juste arrive, l’énergie latente se révèle, et l’on peut être contraint d’agir seul, même sans soutien maternel.

Word by Word

एतस्मिन्in this

अन्तरेin the interval/meanwhile

चand

अपिalso/even

गरुडःGaruḍa

कालःtime

आगतेwhen (it) had come/arrived

विनाwithout

मात्राby/with (his) mother

महातेजाःof great splendor/mighty

विदार्यhaving split/burst open

अण्डम्the egg

अजायतwas born/came forth

Speaker

शौनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śaunaka

Garuḍa

mother of Garuḍa

egg (aṇḍa)

kāla (time/destined moment)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that when the destined time (kāla) arrives, inherent strength and brilliance (tejas) can break constraints; one may have to emerge and act independently even without external or parental support.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śaunaka narrates that at the completion of the proper time, Garuḍa, immensely radiant, breaks open the egg and is born without his mother’s assistance.