Shloka 15

Devanagari script

न मे प्रयोजनं किंचिद्‌ गमने पन्नगाशन । संनिवर्त महाभाग न वेग॑ं विषहामि ते,गरुड़ इस यात्रासे मेरा कोई प्रयोजन नहीं है, अत: लौट चलो। महाभाग! मैं तुम्हारे वेगको नहीं सह सकता

Transliteration

na me prayojanaṃ kiñcid gamane pannagāśana | saṃnivarta mahābhāga na vegaṃ viṣahāmi te ||

Translation

ガーラヴァは言った。「蛇を喰らう者よ、この旅を続けても、わが身には何の用もない。ゆえに引き返せ、幸い多き高貴なる者よ。おまえの速さの威力に、私は耐えられぬ。」

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• मे: of me / my
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• प्रयोजनम्: purpose, need
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयोजन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• किञ्चित्: anything, at all
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किञ्चित्

• गमने: in going / in the journey
• गमने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गमन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पन्नगाशन: O eater of serpents (Garuda)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पन्नगाशन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• संनिवर्त: turn back, return
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-नि-वृत्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• महाभाग: O fortunate one / O noble one
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभाग
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• वेगम्: speed, force
• वेगम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विषहामि: I can endure / I can bear
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-षह्
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ते: of you / your
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

Speaker

गालव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Gālava
• Garuḍa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Acknowledging one’s limits and choosing to withdraw from an unnecessary course of action is a dharmic form of self-restraint; it prevents harm and is expressed here with courtesy rather than ego.

What is happening in the narrative?

Gālava addresses Garuḍa (called ‘serpent-eater’) and asks him to turn back, stating that the journey no longer serves his purpose and that Garuḍa’s tremendous speed is unbearable for him.