Shloka 51
Devanagari script
गरुडो दयितं पुत्र मयूरं चित्रबर्हिणम् । अरुणस्ताम्रचूडं च प्रददौ चरणायुधम्
Transliteration
garuḍo dayitaṁ putra mayūraṁ citrabarhiṇam | aruṇastāmracūḍaṁ ca pradadau caraṇāyudham ||
Translation
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。「ガルダは愛する息子を授けた――絢爛たる斑の羽をもつ孔雀である。さらにアルナもまた、赤い冠を戴く鳥を与えた。『足の武器』と呼ばれ、足で打ち据えることで名高い鳥である。」
Word by Word
गरुडःGaruda
गरुडः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगरुड
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
दयितम्beloved
दयितम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootदयित
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
पुत्रम्son
पुत्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
मयूरम्peacock
मयूरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमयूर
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
चित्रबर्हिणम्having variegated plumage
चित्रबर्हिणम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootचित्रबर्हिन्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अरुणःAruna
अरुणः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअरुण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
ताम्रचूडम्red-crested
ताम्रचूडम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootताम्रचूड
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
प्रददौgave/bestowed
प्रददौ:
TypeVerb
Rootदा
FormPerfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
चरणायुधम्one whose weapon is his feet (talons)
चरणायुधम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootचरणायुध
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaG
GaruḍaA
AruṇaM
Mayūra (peacock)C
Citrabarhin (epithet of the peacock)T
Tāmracūḍa (red-crested bird)C
Caraṇāyudha (epithet: foot-weaponed bird)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how gifts and honors in the epic world flow through bonds of affection and kinship; what is ‘given’ is also ‘entrusted,’ implying responsibility alongside privilege.
Vaiśampāyana narrates that Garuḍa grants his beloved son, the splendid-feathered peacock, and that Aruṇa also bestows the red-crested, foot-weaponed bird—describing notable beings being granted as prized endowments.