Shloka 130
Brahmin Conduct, Purificatory Baths, and the Garuḍa–Nectar Episode
Illustrative Narrative
उषःकालेऽवदत्सा च अश्वोयं कृष्णतां व्रजेत् । ततोहमवदं तत्र सदा चायं रुचासितः
uṣaḥkāle'vadatsā ca aśvoyaṃ kṛṣṇatāṃ vrajet | tatohamavadaṃ tatra sadā cāyaṃ rucāsitaḥ
ഉഷസ്സുകാലത്ത് അവൾ പറഞ്ഞു—“ഈ അശ്വം കറുപ്പാകും.” അപ്പോൾ ഞാൻ അവിടെ പറഞ്ഞു—“എന്നാൽ ഇത് തന്റെ സ്വാഭാവിക വർണഛായകൊണ്ട് എപ്പോഴും കറുപ്പുപോലെ തന്നെയുണ്ട്.”
Unspecified in the provided excerpt (female speaker followed by the narrator/‘I’ replying)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: hasya
Sandhi Resolution Notes: उषःकालेऽवदत्सा = उषःकाले + अवदत् + सा; अश्वोयं = अश्वः + अयम्; ततोहमवदं = ततः + अहम् + अवदम्; चायं = च + अयम्; रुचासितः = रुचा + असितः.
FAQs
From the excerpt alone, the speakers are not explicitly identified: first a woman (“she said”), then the narrator (“I replied”). The surrounding verses are needed to name them with certainty.
It presents a brief exchange about a horse “becoming black,” countered by the reply that it is already (and always) dark by its natural color—suggesting a debate over change versus inherent nature.
Not directly in the isolated line provided. It reads as a narrative/dialogue fragment; any theological or ethical lesson depends on the larger episode in Adhyaya 47.