Shloka 1
Adhyaya 2 — The Lineage of Garuda and the Birth of the Wise Birds: Kanka and Kandhara
इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे वपुशापो नाम प्रथमोऽध्यायः ।
द्वितीयोऽध्यायः ।
मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।
अरिष्टनेमिपुत्रोऽभूद् गरुडो नाम पक्षिराट् ।
गरुडस्याभवत् पुत्रः सम्पातिरिति विश्रुतः ॥
iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe vapuśāpo nāma prathamo 'dhyāyaḥ |
dvitīyo 'dhyāyaḥ |
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca |
ariṣṭanemiputro 'bhūd garuḍo nāma pakṣirāṭ |
garuḍasyābhavat putraḥ sampātir iti viśrutaḥ ||
ဤသို့ဖြင့် «သရီ မာရ္ကဏ္ဍေယ ပုရာဏ» ၏ ပထမအခန်း၊ «ကိုယ်ခန္ဓာအပေါ် ကျိန်စာ (Vapuśāpa)» ဟု ခေါ်သော အခန်းသည် ပြီးဆုံး၏။ ဒုတိယအခန်း စတင်သည်။ မာရ္ကဏ္ဍေယက ဆိုသည်—အရိဋ္ဌနేమိမှ ငှက်တို့၏ဘုရင် ဂရုဍ (Garuḍa) မွေးဖွားလာ၏။ ဂရုဍတွင် စမ္ပာတိ (Sampāti) ဟု အမည်ကြီးသော သားတစ်ယောက် ရှိ၏။
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FAQs
The verse functions primarily as a genealogical anchor: Purāṇas often establish authority and continuity through lineage. Ethically, it underscores the traditional Indian view that identity and duty (svadharma) are situated within a larger continuum of ancestry and cosmic order.
This is best classified under Vaṁśa (genealogies of sages, kings, and notable beings) / Vaṁśānucarita (accounts of dynasties and descendants). It is not directly sarga/pratisarga/manvantara in this single verse, but it contributes to the vaṁśa characteristic.
Garuḍa as ‘pakṣirāṭ’ (king of birds) can symbolically represent the ascending power of discernment and swift spiritual movement; naming Sampāti as his son signals a transmission of potency through lineage—an image for how capacities (śakti in a general sense) are inherited, cultivated, and narrated within dhārmic memory.