Shloka 10

Adhyaya 2 — The Lineage of Garuda and the Birth of the Wise Birds: Kanka and Kandhara

Sanskrit

कङ्कं विनिहतं श्रुत्वा कन्धरः क्रोधमूर्च्छितः ।

विद्युद्रूपवधायाशु मनश्चक्रेऽण्डजेश्वरः ॥

Transliteration

kaṅkaṃ vinihataṃ śrutvā kandharaḥ krodhamūrcchitaḥ / vidyudrūpavadhāyāśu manaścakre 'ṇḍajeśvaraḥ

Translation

カンカが討たれたと聞くや、カンダラは怒りのあまり気を失わんばかりとなり、ただちに心中で、卵生の者（鳥類）の主たるヴィディユドルーパを殺すと決した。

Speakers

• Narratorial voice (within the Purana’s frame; not a Devi Mahatmyam hymn/episode)

Key Themes

• Dharma
• Consequences of violence
• Anger (krodha) as a driver of adharmic action
• Narrative causality / feud escalation