Shloka 17

Garuḍa’s Inquiry on Permissible Prey and Vinatā’s Counsel (ब्राह्मणावध्यता–उपदेशः)

Devanagari script

महाकायो महातेजा: स स्थास्यति पुरो रवे: । करिष्यति च सारथ्यं तेजश्नलास्य हरिष्यति

Transliteration

mahākāyo mahātejāḥ sa sthāsyati puro raveḥ | kariṣyati ca sārathyaṃ tejaśnalāsya hariṣyati

Translation

Le Grandsire dit : «Puissant de stature et rayonnant de vigueur, il se tiendra devant le Soleil. Il assumera aussi la charge de cocher, et par l’éclat de sa propre splendeur il ôtera—c’est-à-dire éclipsera—la brûlante clarté du Soleil.»

Word by Word

• महाकायः: huge-bodied
• महाकायः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाकाय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महातेजाः: of great splendor
• महातेजाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महातेजस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• स्थास्यति: will stand
• स्थास्यति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Singular

• पुरः: in front
• पुरः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरस्

• रवेः: of the Sun
• रवेः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• करिष्यति: will do / will perform
• करिष्यति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Singular

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

• सारथ्यम्: charioteering / the role of charioteer
• सारथ्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सारथ्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तेजः: splendor, radiance
• तेजः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अनल: fire
• अनल: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्य: of him / his
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• हरिष्यति: will take away / will remove
• हरिष्यति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

पितामह उवाच

Characters & Entities

• पितामह (Pitāmaha, the Grandsire)
• रवि (Ravi, the Sun)