Shloka 39

Adhyaya 2 — The Lineage of Garuda and the Birth of the Wise Birds: Kanka and Kandhara

Sanskrit

तत्पातसमकाले च सुप्रतीकाद्गजोत्तमात् ।

पपात महती घष्टा बाणसंच्छिन्नबन्धना ॥

Transliteration

tatpātasamakālaṃ ca supratīkādgajottamāt / papāta mahatī ghaṣṭā bāṇasaṃchinnabandhanā

Translation

तस्य पतनक्षण एव सुप्रतीकनाम्नः श्रेष्ठगजाद् बाणैश्छिन्नबन्धनात् महत् कटकम् (हस्तिपृष्ठमण्डपः) भूमौ निपपात।

Word by Word

तत्of that

पातfall, falling

समकालेat the same time as that fall

चand

सुप्रतीकात्from Supratīka

गजोत्तमात्from the best of elephants

पपातfell

महतीgreat, huge

घष्टाGhaṣṭā (name of a bird)

बाणby an arrow

संच्छिन्नcut through, severed

बन्धनाhaving its bonds cut (i.e., with severed bindings)

Speakers

Narrative voice of the Purana (frame-speaker not identifiable from this single verse alone)

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "vira", "secondaryRasa": "raudra", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Key Themes

Warfare imageryCause-and-effect in battleNarrative progression

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse underscores immediacy of karmic consequence in action: when violence is unleashed (arrows severing bonds), outcomes follow instantly and tangibly—support-structures collapse when their sustaining ties are cut.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Primarily Itihāsa/Ākhyāna (narrative episode) rather than a direct pancalakṣaṇa category; it functions as plot-detail within the Purāṇic storytelling frame, not as sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita exposition.

What is the esoteric significance?

Symbolically, the ‘great seat/platform’ falling when ‘bonds are cut’ can be read as the collapse of worldly elevation (status, power, vehicle of pride) once the binding supports (attachments/saṃyojana) are severed—whether by fate, time, or decisive action.