Shloka 13

Vālakhilya-Tapas and the Birth of Garuḍa (वालखिल्यतपः-गरुडोत्पत्तिः)

Devanagari script

विनतोवाच दासी भूतास्मि दुर्योगात्‌ सपत्न्या: पतगोत्तम | पणं वितथमास्थाय सर्पैरुपधिना कृतम्‌,विनता बोली--बेटा पक्षिराज! मैं दुर्भाग्यवश सौतकी दासी हूँ, इन सर्पोने छल करके मेरी जीती हुई बाजीको पलट दिया था

Transliteration

Vinatovāca dāsī bhūtāsmi duryogāt sapatnyāḥ patagottama | paṇaṁ vitatham āsthāya sarpair upadhinā kṛtam ||

Translation

Vinata said: “O best of birds, through ill fortune I have become the slave of my co-wife. The wager was made false—those serpents, by deceitful contrivance, overturned what I had rightfully won.”

Word by Word

विनताVinata

उवाचsaid/spoke

दासीa maidservant/slave-woman

भूताbecome

अस्मिI am

दुर्योगात्from misfortune/bad luck

सपत्न्याःof the co-wife/rival wife

पतग-उत्तमO best of birds

पणम्the wager/bet

वितथम्false/invalid

आस्थायhaving resorted to/undertaken

सर्पैःby the serpents

उपधिनाby deceit/with a trick

कृतम्done/made

Speaker

पितामह उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vinatā

Garuḍa (Patagottama)

Serpents (Nāgāḥ)

Co-wife (Kadru implied)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes