Shloka 28
Garuḍa–Śakra Saṃvāda and the Retrieval of Amṛta (गरुड–शक्र संवादः अमृत-अपहरण-प्रसङ्गः)
शाखिनो बहवश्चापि शाखयाभिहतास्तया । काज्चनै: कुसुमैर्भान्ति विद्युत्वन्त इवाम्बुदा:
śākhino bahavaś cāpi śākhayābhihatās tayā | kāñcanaiḥ kusumair bhānti vidyutvanta iva ambudāḥ ||
カश्यパは言った。「その巨大な枝に打たれ、多くの樹々もまたなぎ倒された。だが黄金の花に飾られて、稲妻を宿す雲のように輝いていた。」
कश्यप उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how overwhelming force can cause destruction, yet the scene is framed through a moral-aesthetic lens: even amid ruin, one should perceive and describe reality with clarity and restraint, using truthful imagery rather than exaggeration.
Kāśyapa describes the aftermath of a powerful blow with a huge branch: numerous trees have been knocked down, and their golden flowers make the fallen grove gleam, compared poetically to thunderclouds illuminated by lightning.