Shloka 18
Adhyaya 2 — The Lineage of Garuda and the Birth of the Wise Birds: Kanka and Kandhara
यस्माज्जेष्ठो मम भ्राता विश्रब्धो घाततस्त्वया ।
तस्मात्त्वां मदसंसक्तं नयिष्ये यमसादनम् ॥
yasmāj jeṣṭho mama bhrātā viśrabdho ghātatas tvayā / tasmāt tvāṃ madasaṃsaktaṃ nayiṣye yamasādanam //
“ເນື່ອງຈາກອ້າຍໃຫຍ່ຂອງຂ້າ—ໄວ້ໃຈເຈົ້າ—ຖືກເຈົ້າຂ້າແລ້ວ; ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ຂ້າຈະນຳເຈົ້າ ຜູ້ເມົາແລະຖືກອຳນາດແຫ່ງຄວາມຈອງຫອງຄອບງຳ ໄປສູ່ທີ່ພຳນັກຂອງຍະມະ (ຄວາມຕາຍ).”
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FAQs
The verse frames violent betrayal (killing one who is viśrabdha—trusting) as a grave breach of dharma, and it condemns mada (arrogant intoxication) as a binding force that drives one toward ruin. Ethically, it links treachery and pride to inevitable consequence—here symbolized by being led to Yama’s realm.
This verse is primarily narrative-ethical rather than cosmological. It aligns most closely with Vaṃśānucarita/Carita (accounts of deeds within lineages/characters) and dharma-oriented instruction by exemplifying the moral causality that purāṇas often embed within stories.
Esoterically, Yama’s abode functions as the archetype of inescapable reckoning: actions done in the darkness of betrayal are still ‘seen’ by ṛta/dharma. Mada is portrayed as a subtle fetter—an inner intoxication that makes one spiritually ‘ripe’ for downfall—so the journey to Yama is also the soul’s descent caused by inner vice.