Shloka 8
Udyoga Parva, Adhyaya 104: Nārada on Suhṛt and Nirbandha; the Viśvāmitra–Gālava Exemplum Begins
एतच्चैवाहमहामि भूयश्न बलवृत्रहन् | त्रैलोकस्येश्वरो यो5हं परभृत्यत्वमागत:,बल और वृत्रासुरका वध करनेवाले देवराज! मैं इसी व्यवहारके योग्य हूँ; क्योंकि तीनों लोकोंका शासन करनेमें समर्थ होकर भी मैंने दूसरेकी सेवा स्वीकार की है
etac caivāham āmi bhūyaśna balavṛtrahan | trailokasyeśvaro yo 'haṃ parabhṛtyatvam āgataḥ ||
«ແລະຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຂໍຍອມຮັບອີກຄັ້ງ, ໂອ ຜູ້ປາບບາລະ ແລະ ວຣິຕຣະ. ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າສົມຄວນຈະຖືກປະພຶດແບບນີ້ແທ້, ເພາະແມ່ນວ່າຂ້າພະເຈົ້າສາມາດປົກຄອງສາມໂລກ, ແຕ່ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າກໍຍອມຮັບສະພາບເປັນຜູ້ຮັບໃຊ້ຂອງຜູ້ອື່ນ»។
गरुड उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even one who possesses great power and status must accept responsibility for choices that diminish one’s dignity; voluntary dependence or servitude can make one liable to treatment one would otherwise reject, so ethical self-accountability is essential.
Garuḍa addresses Indra (praised as the slayer of Bala and Vṛtra) and confesses that he deserves the present situation because, despite being capable of sovereignty over the three worlds, he has accepted serving another—an admission framed as moral self-judgment.