Shloka 4

Garuḍa’s Breach of the Amṛta-Guard and Boons with Viṣṇu; Encounter with Indra (Ādi-parva, Adhyāya 29)

Devanagari script

गरुड उवाच एतामपि निषादी त्वं परिगृह्माशु निष्पत । तूर्ण सम्भावयात्मानमजीर्ण मम तेजसा,गरुडने कहा--ब्राह्मण! तुम इस निषादीको भी लेकर जल्दी निकल जाओ। तुम अभीतक मेरी जठराग्निके तेजसे पचे नहीं हो; अतः शीघ्र अपने जीवनकी रक्षा करो

Transliteration

garuḍa uvāca | etām api niṣādī tvaṁ parigṛhya āśu niṣpata | tūrṇaṁ sambhāvayātmānam ajīrṇaṁ mama tejasā ||

Translation

ਗਰੁੜ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ—“ਹੇ ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮਣ, ਇਸ ਨਿਸਾਦੀ ਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਨਾਲ ਲੈ ਕੇ ਤੁਰੰਤ ਨਿਕਲ ਜਾ। ਤੂੰ ਹਾਲੇ ਮੇਰੇ ਤੇਜ ਨਾਲ ਹਜ਼ਮ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੋਇਆ; ਇਸ ਲਈ ਜਲਦੀ ਆਪਣੀ ਜਾਨ ਬਚਾ।”

Word by Word

• गरुडः: Garuda
• गरुडः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गरुड
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एताम्: this (woman)
• एताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• निषादीम्: the Nishada woman
• निषादीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निषादी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• परिगृह्य: having taken/holding
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-ग्रह्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada

• आशु: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु

• निष्पत: fly out/go out
• Type: Verb
• Root: निस्-पत्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तूर्णम्: swiftly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूर्ण

• सम्भावय: take care of/protect (lit. look well to)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-भावय्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• आत्मानम्: yourself
• आत्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अजीर्णः: undigested
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अजीर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मम: of me/my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• तेजसा: by (my) fiery power/heat
• तेजसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

गरुड उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Garuḍa
• Brāhmaṇa
• Niṣādī (Niṣāda woman)
• jatharāgni (digestive fire, implied by tejas)