Shloka 3
Garuḍa–Śakra Saṃvāda and the Retrieval of Amṛta (गरुड–शक्र संवादः अमृत-अपहरण-प्रसङ्गः)
ऋष यो ह्वात्र लम्बन्ते न हन््यामिति तानूषीन् । तपोरतान् लम्बमानान ब्रह्मर्षीनभिवीक्ष्य सः
ṛṣayo hvātra lambante na hanyāmīti tān ūṣīn | taporatān lambamānān brahmarṣīn abhivīkṣya saḥ |
ໂຣຫິນ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ເມື່ອເຫັນບັນດາພຣະຣິສີຜູ້ເປັນບຣະຫມະຣິສີ—ຜູ້ອຸທິດຕົນໃນຕະປະ—ກໍາລັງຫ້ອຍຢູ່ນັ້ນ ກະຣຸດຄິດວ່າ: ‘ທີ່ນີ້ມີຣິສີຫ້ອຍຢູ່; ຂໍຢ່າໃຫ້ເຮົາເປັນເຫດໃຫ້ພວກທ່ານຕາຍ. ກິ່ງນີ້ຖ້າຕົກລົງ ຈະຂ້າຣິສີເຫຼົ່ານີ້ແນ່ນອນ.’ ຄິດແລ້ວ ພະຍານົກຜູ້ກ້າຫານໄດ້ຈັບຊ້າງແລະເຕົ່າໄວ້ແນ່ນຫນາດ້ວຍເລັບຕີນ ແລະເພາະຢ້ານການພິນາດຂອງມະຫາຣິສີເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນ ຈຶ່ງພຸ່ງລົງໄປຄວ້າກິ່ງນັ້ນໄວ້ດ້ວຍປາກ. ເພື່ອປົກປ້ອງມຸນີເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນເທົ່ານັ້ນ ກະຣຸດຈຶ່ງສະແດງວິລະກໍາອັນອັດສະຈັນນັ້ນ»។
रौहिण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when pursuing great strength or a difficult task, one must remain vigilant about unintended harm—especially toward the innocent and the spiritually devoted. Garuḍa’s power is guided by dharma: restraint, compassion, and protection of sages.
Garuḍa notices ascetic Brahmarṣis hanging from a tree-branch and fears that the branch may fall and kill them, possibly making him the cause. He therefore secures his prey (elephant and tortoise) while also taking the branch in his beak to prevent the sages’ destruction, performing an extraordinary feat to protect them.