Shloka 8
Udyoga Parva, Adhyaya 104: Nārada on Suhṛt and Nirbandha; the Viśvāmitra–Gālava Exemplum Begins
एतच्चैवाहमहामि भूयश्न बलवृत्रहन् | त्रैलोकस्येश्वरो यो5हं परभृत्यत्वमागत:
etac caivāham āmi bhūyaśna balavṛtrahan | trailokasyeśvaro yo 'haṃ parabhṛtyatvam āgataḥ ||
「そして我は再び認めよう、バラとヴリトラを討ちし者よ。我はまことにそのような扱いに値する。三界を治め得る力を持ちながら、他者に仕える身を受け入れたのだから。」
गरुड उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even one who possesses great power and status must accept responsibility for choices that diminish one’s dignity; voluntary dependence or servitude can make one liable to treatment one would otherwise reject, so ethical self-accountability is essential.
Garuḍa addresses Indra (praised as the slayer of Bala and Vṛtra) and confesses that he deserves the present situation because, despite being capable of sovereignty over the three worlds, he has accepted serving another—an admission framed as moral self-judgment.