Shloka 7

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

Devanagari script

वैरानुबन्ध॑ं कृतवांश्वन्द्रादित्यौ तदानघ । वध्यमाने ग्रहेणाथ आदित्ये मन्युराविशत्‌,प्रमतिने कहा--अनघ! जब राहु अमृत पी रहा था, उस समय चन्द्रमा और सूर्यने उसका भेद बता दिया; इसीलिये उसने चन्द्रमा और सूर्यसे भारी वैर बाँध लिया और उन्हें सताने लगा। राहुसे पीड़ित होनेपर सूर्यके मनमें क्रोधका आवेश हुआ

Transliteration

Vairānubandhaṃ kṛtavāṃś candrādityau tadānagha | vadhyamāne graheṇātha āditye manyur āviśat ||

Translation

Yuparṇa dit : « Ô irréprochable, parce que la Lune et le Soleil le dénoncèrent alors, Rāhu conçut contre eux une inimitié tenace. Puis, lorsque cet astre commença à tourmenter et assaillir le Soleil, la colère envahit le Soleil. »

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'vairānubandham', 'gloss': 'a continuing bond of enmity

• enduring hostility'}, {'term': 'kṛtavān', 'gloss': 'made

• undertook'}, {'term': 'candra', 'gloss': 'the Moon'}, {'term': 'āditya', 'gloss': 'the Sun

• also ‘son of Aditi’ (here: the Sun)'}, {'term': 'tadā', 'gloss': 'then

• at that time'}, {'term': 'anagha', 'gloss': 'O blameless one

• sinless (vocative address)'}, {'term': 'vadhyamāne', 'gloss': 'being struck/assailed

• being harmed (locative absolute sense)'}, {'term': 'graheṇa', 'gloss': 'by the graha (seizer)

• the planet Rahu'}, {'term': 'atha', 'gloss': 'then

• thereupon'}, {'term': 'manyuḥ', 'gloss': 'wrath

• indignation'}, {'term': 'āviśat', 'gloss': 'entered

Speaker

युपर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yuparṇa
• Candra (Moon)
• Āditya (Sun)
• Rāhu (graha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how exposing wrongdoing can generate enduring hostility, and how being harmed can provoke anger; it implicitly points to the ethical need to restrain wrath even when wronged, since anger perpetuates cycles of conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Rahu, having been exposed by the Moon and the Sun, vows lasting enmity against them. When Rahu later afflicts the Sun (as in eclipse imagery), anger arises in the Sun.