Shloka 31
Udyoga Parva, Adhyaya 104: Nārada on Suhṛt and Nirbandha; the Viśvāmitra–Gālava Exemplum Begins
पादाडगुछ्ठेन चिक्षेप सुमुखं गरुडोरसि । ततःप्रभृति राजेन्द्र सह सर्पेण वर्तते
pādāṅguṣṭhena cikṣepa sumukhaṃ garuḍorasi | tataḥprabhṛti rājendra saha sarpeṇa vartate ||
कण्व बोले— (भगवान् ने) अपने पाँव के अँगूठे से सुमुख को ठोकर मारकर गरुड़ के वक्ष पर फेंक दिया। तब से, राजेन्द्र, गरुड़ उस सर्प के साथ रहने लगा।
कण्व उवाच
Educational Q&A
A decisive act can transform a relationship defined by hostility into one of restraint and coexistence; dharma may require redirecting power away from destruction and toward protection or reconciliation.
Kaṇva narrates that Sumukha is forcefully cast onto Garuḍa’s chest with a toe-strike/throw, and as a consequence Garuḍa thereafter remains together with the serpent—implying a shift from predation or conflict to continued association.