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Shloka 31

Udyoga Parva, Adhyaya 104: Nārada on Suhṛt and Nirbandha; the Viśvāmitra–Gālava Exemplum Begins

पादाडगुछ्ठेन चिक्षेप सुमुखं गरुडोरसि । ततःप्रभृति राजेन्द्र सह सर्पेण वर्तते

pādāṅguṣṭhena cikṣepa sumukhaṃ garuḍorasi | tataḥprabhṛti rājendra saha sarpeṇa vartate ||

ກັນວະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ດ້ວຍນິ້ວໂປ້ງຕີນ ພຣະອົງໄດ້ຕີ ແລະໂຍນສຸມຸຂະໃຫ້ຕົກລົງເທິງອົກຂອງກະຣຸດະ. ຈາກນັ້ນເປັນຕົ້ນມາ, ໂອ ພຣະຣາຊາ, ກະຣຸດະໄດ້ດຳລົງຊີວິດຢູ່ຮ່ວມກັບງູນັ້ນ.

पादात्from (his) foot
पादात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootपाद
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
अङ्गुष्ठेनwith the big toe
अङ्गुष्ठेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootअङ्गुष्ठ
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
चिक्षेपthrew / cast
चिक्षेप:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootक्षिप्
FormPerfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular
सुमुखम्the fair-faced one (Sumukha)
सुमुखम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसुमुख
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
गरुडस्यof Garuḍa
गरुडस्य:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootगरुड
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
उरसिon the chest
उरसि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootउरस्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
ततःthen / from that time
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
प्रभृतिonwards / ever since
प्रभृति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रभृति
राजेन्द्रO king of kings
राजेन्द्र:
TypeNoun
Rootराजेन्द्र
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
सहtogether with
सह:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह
सर्पेणwith the serpent
सर्पेण:
Sahakari (Instrumental of accompaniment)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्प
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
वर्ततेlives / remains / continues
वर्तते:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootवृत्
FormPresent (Laṭ), Third, Singular, Ātmanepada

कण्व उवाच

कण्व (Kaṇva)
सुमुख (Sumukha)
गरुड (Garuḍa)
सर्प (a serpent)

Educational Q&A

A decisive act can transform a relationship defined by hostility into one of restraint and coexistence; dharma may require redirecting power away from destruction and toward protection or reconciliation.

Kaṇva narrates that Sumukha is forcefully cast onto Garuḍa’s chest with a toe-strike/throw, and as a consequence Garuḍa thereafter remains together with the serpent—implying a shift from predation or conflict to continued association.