Shloka 22
Adhyaya 2 — The Lineage of Garuda and the Birth of the Wise Birds: Kanka and Kandhara
तिष्ठ क्षणं नात्र जीवन् पतगाधम यास्यसि । इत्युक्त्वाञ्जनपुञ्जाभं विमलं खड्गमाददे ॥
tiṣṭha kṣaṇaṃ nātra jīvan patagādhama yāsyasi / ityuktvāñjanapuñjābhaṃ vimalaṃ khaḍgam ādade //
तिष्ठ तिष्ठ क्षणं मूढ न जीवन् प्रतियास्यसि। इत्युक्त्वा विमलं खड्गं जग्राह अञ्जनप्रभम्॥
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FAQs
The verse portrays uncontrolled aggression—speech that dehumanizes (“adhama”) followed by immediate violence (drawing the sword). In Purāṇic ethics, such impulsive cruelty is a marker of adharma and sets up narrative consequences: rash intent invites downfall, while the threatened party (often a dharmic being) becomes the occasion for a moral reversal.
This is best classified under vaṃśānucarita / narrative episode (accounts of persons and events), rather than sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa proper. It serves as connective storytelling within the Purāṇa’s broader composition.
Symbolically, the “bird” can represent the mobile mind or the jīva seeking escape, while the drawn sword represents sharp, divisive force—anger and egoic will. The contrast of a sword described as both dark (añjana-like) and spotless (vimala) can suggest the paradox of power: an instrument may be intrinsically ‘pure’ (effective/keen) yet become ‘dark’ in outcome when wielded under tamasic intent.