Shloka 5

नारदेन गरुडात्मजानां नामकीर्तनम् | Nārada’s Enumeration of Garuḍa’s Descendants

Devanagari script

असुरा: कालखज्जाश्व तथा विष्णुपदोद्धवा: । नैर्नता यातुधानाश्र ब्रह्मपादोद्धवाश्व ये

Transliteration

asurāḥ kālakhajjāśvā tathā viṣṇupadoddhavāḥ | nairṛtā yātudhānāś ca brahmapādoddhavāś ca ye, mātale |

Translation

ମାତଲେ! ଭଗବାନ ବିଷ୍ଣୁଙ୍କ ପାଦରୁ ଉତ୍ପନ୍ନ ‘କାଳଖଜ୍ଜ’ ନାମକ ଅସୁରମାନେ, ଏବଂ ବ୍ରହ୍ମାଙ୍କ ପାଦରୁ ପ୍ରକଟ ନୈଋତ ଓ ଯାତୁଧାନମାନେ—ବଡ଼ ଦଂଷ୍ଟ୍ରାଧାରୀ, ଭୟଙ୍କର ବେଗଶାଳୀ, ଅଗ୍ରଗାମୀ ପବନ ସମ ପରାକ୍ରମୀ ଓ ମାୟାବଳସମ୍ପନ୍ନ—ଏହି ନଗରରେ ବସନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

• असुराः: demons (asuras)
• असुराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कालखञ्जाश्वाः: the asuras named Kālakhāñja
• कालखञ्जाश्वाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालखञ्जाश्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तथा: and; likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• विष्णुपदोद्भवाः: born from Viṣṇu's feet
• विष्णुपदोद्भवाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विष्णुपदोद्भव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नैरृताः: Nairṛtas (a class of beings/demons)
• नैरृताः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नैरृत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• यातुधानाः: yātudhānas (a class of demons)
• यातुधानाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यातुधान
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• ब्रह्मपदोद्भवाः: born from Brahmā's feet
• ब्रह्मपदोद्भवाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्मपदोद्भव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• ये: who; those who
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मातले: O Mātali
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातलि
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Mātali
• Bhagavān Viṣṇu
• Brahmā
• Asuras
• Kālakhajja (Asuras)
• Nairṛtas
• Yātudhānas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames even terrifying, illusion-wielding beings as arising within a divinely structured cosmos; therefore, ethical clarity (dharma) and discernment are essential when confronting raw power, fear, or magical display.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada addresses Mātali and describes the inhabitants of a particular city/region: specific Asuras (Kālakhajja) and other demonic classes (Nairṛtas, Yātudhānas), noting their formidable nature and their mythic origins from the feet of Viṣṇu and Brahmā.