Shloka 6

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

Devanagari script

सहभार्ये विनिष्क्रान्ते तस्मिन्‌ विप्रे च पक्षिराट्‌ । वितत्य पक्षावाकाशमुत्पपात मनोजव:,भार्यासहित उस ब्राह्मणके निकल जानेपर पक्षिराज गरुड पंख फैलाकर मनके समान तीव्र वेगसे आकाशमें उड़े

Transliteration

sahabhārye viniṣkrānte tasmin vipre ca pakṣirāṭ | vitatya pakṣāv ākāśam utpapāta manojavaḥ ||

Translation

When that brāhmaṇa departed together with his wife, the king of birds, Garuḍa, spread out his wings and sprang up into the sky, swift as the mind—moving at once to carry forward the task at hand with unwavering resolve.

Word by Word

• सहभार्ये: when (he) was with (his) wife
• सहभार्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहभार्य
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• विनिष्क्रान्ते: having gone out / departed
• विनिष्क्रान्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विनिष्क्रान्त
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तस्मिन्: in/when that (one)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• विप्रे: in/when the brahmin
• विप्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पक्षिराट्: the king of birds (Garuda)
• पक्षिराट्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्षिराज्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वितत्य: having spread (out)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-तन्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada

• पक्षौ: two wings
• पक्षौ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• आकाशम्: the sky
• आकाशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आकाश
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उत्पपात: leapt up / flew up
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-√पत्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मनोजवः: swift as the mind
• मनोजवः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनोजव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

गरुड उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Garuḍa
• brāhmaṇa (vipra)
• brāhmaṇa's wife
• wings (pakṣau)
• sky (ākāśa)