Shloka 16

Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 106: Pūrva-Diśa Praśaṃsā

Praise and Primacy of the Eastern Quarter

Devanagari script

एवमुक्ते सखा तस्य गरुडो विनतात्मज: । दर्शयामास त॑ प्राह संदहृष्ट: प्रियकाम्यया

Transliteration

evam ukte sakhā tasya garuḍo vinatātmajaḥ | darśayāmāsa taṁ prāha saṁdahṛṣṭaḥ priyakāmyayā ||

Translation

ऐसा कहने पर उनके सखा—विनता-नन्दन गरुड़—अत्यन्त हर्षित होकर, उनका प्रिय करने की इच्छा से, प्रकट हुए और बोले—

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• उक्ते: when (it was) said
• उक्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), neuter, locative, singular

• सखा: friend
• सखा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखि
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• तस्य: of him
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• गरुडः: Garuḍa
• गरुडः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गरुड
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• विनता-आत्मजः: son of Vinatā
• विनता-आत्मजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनता + आत्मज
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• दर्शयामास: showed; made (himself) seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: लिट् (perfect), 3rd, singular, परस्मैपद, active

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• प्राह: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अह्
• Form: लिट् (perfect), 3rd, singular, परस्मैपद, active

• सदा-हृष्टः: always delighted; very pleased
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सदा + हृष्ट
• Form: क्त (past participle used adjectivally), masculine, nominative, singular

• प्रिय-काम्यया: with the desire to do what is pleasing
• प्रिय-काम्यया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय + काम्य
• Form: feminine, instrumental, singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Garuḍa
• Vinatā

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the dharmic ideal of friendship: a true friend, pleased by a rightful request, comes forward willingly to help and to fulfill what is dear to the other.

What is happening in the narrative?

After someone speaks (implied: a request or statement), Garuḍa—identified as Vinatā’s son and the person’s friend—appears before him, delighted, and begins to speak, indicating readiness to assist.