Shloka 17
Garuḍa–Śakra Saṃvāda and the Retrieval of Amṛta (गरुड–शक्र संवादः अमृत-अपहरण-प्रसङ्गः)
कश्यप उवाच प्रजाहितार्थमारम्भो गरुडस्य तपोधना: । चिकीर्षति महत्कर्म तदनुज्ञातुमरहथ
Kaśyapa uvāca: prajāhitārtham ārambho Garuḍasya tapodhanāḥ | cikīrṣati mahat karma tad anu-jñātum arhatha ||
ಕಶ್ಯಪರು ಹೇಳಿದರು—“ಹೇ ತಪೋಧನರೇ, ಗರುಡನ ಈ ಉಪಕ್ರಮವು ಪ್ರಜಾಹಿತಾರ್ಥವಾಗಿ ಆರಂಭವಾಗಿದೆ. ಅವನು ಮಹತ್ಕಾರ್ಯವನ್ನು ನೆರವೇರಿಸಲು ಬಯಸುತ್ತಾನೆ; ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ಅವನಿಗೆ ಅನುಜ್ಞೆ ನೀಡುವುದು ಯುಕ್ತ.”
कश्यप उवाच
Educational Q&A
A major action should be grounded in the welfare of beings (prajā-hita) and undertaken with proper authorization and ethical sanction from elders or spiritual authorities.
Kaśyapa addresses ascetics/sages, explaining that Garuḍa is initiating an enterprise meant for the common good and asks them to grant him permission to proceed with the great task.