Shloka 3

Garuḍa’s Breach of the Amṛta-Guard and Boons with Viṣṇu; Encounter with Indra (Ādi-parva, Adhyāya 29)

Devanagari script

ब्रुवाणमेवं गरुडं ब्राह्मण: प्रत्यभाषत । निषादी मम भार्येयं निर्गच्छतु मया सह,ऐसी बात कहनेवाले गरुडसे वह ब्राह्मण बोला--'यह निषाद-जातिकी कन्या मेरी भार्या है; अतः मेरे साथ यह भी निकले (तभी मैं निकल सकता हूँ)”

Transliteration

bruvāṇam evaṃ garuḍaṃ brāhmaṇaḥ pratyabhāṣata | niṣādī mama bhāryeyaṃ nirgacchatu mayā saha ||

Translation

As Garuḍa spoke in this manner, the brāhmaṇa replied: “This Niṣāda woman is my wife. Let her depart together with me—only then can I go.” The statement underscores a moral insistence on marital responsibility and the refusal to accept personal safety or freedom at the cost of abandoning one’s spouse.

Word by Word

• ब्रुवाणम्: speaking
• ब्रुवाणम्: कर्म
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), पुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

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

• गरुडम्: Garuda
• गरुडम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: गरुड
• Form: पुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ब्राह्मणः: the Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणः: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• प्रत्यभाषत: replied / spoke in return
• Type: Verb
• Root: भाष् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतन भूत), प्रथम, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• निषादी: a Nishada woman
• Type: Noun
• Root: निषादी
• Form: स्त्री, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• भार्या: wife
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या
• Form: स्त्री, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• इयम्: this (woman)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: स्त्री, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• निर्गच्छतु: let (her) go out / depart
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), प्रथम, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• मया: with me / by me
• मया: सह/साकं (सहकारक-प्रयोगः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

Speaker

गरुड उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Garuḍa
• Brāhmaṇa
• Niṣādī (Niṣāda woman)
• Bhāryā (wife)