Shloka 24
अध्याय ३४ — एलापत्रस्योपदेशः
Elāpatra’s Counsel on the Nāgas’ Deliverance
अभवंश्वामृतस्पर्शाद् दर्भास्ते5थ पवित्रिण: । एवं तदमृतं तेन हृतमाह्तमेव च । द्विजिद्वाश्व कृता: सर्पा गरुडेन महात्मना,तभीसे पवित्र अमृतका स्पर्श होनेके कारण कुशोंकी “पवित्री” संज्ञा हो गयी। इस प्रकार महात्मा गरुडने देवलोकसे अमृतका अपहरण किया और सर्पोंके समीपतक उसे पहुँचाया; साथ ही सपोंको द्विजिद्द (दो जिह्वाओंसे युक्त) बना दिया
abhavaṁś cāmṛta-sparśād darbhās te ’tha pavitriṇaḥ | evaṁ tad amṛtaṁ tena hṛtam āhṛtam eva ca | dvijihvāś ca kṛtāḥ sarpā garuḍena mahātmanā ||
Śakra said: “Because they came into contact with the nectar of immortality, those darbha-grasses became ‘pavitrī’—purifying in nature. Thus that amṛta was seized and carried off by the great-souled Garuḍa, and he brought it right up to the serpents. Moreover, Garuḍa made the snakes ‘two-tongued.’”
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