Shloka 13

रसातल-वर्णनम्

Rasātala Description: Surabhi, Phenapāḥ, and the Directional Cows

Devanagari script

गुरुभार: कपोतश् सूर्यनेत्रश्चिरान्तक: । विष्णुधर्मा कुमारश्न परिबहों हरिस्तथा,सुवर्णचूड, नागाशी, दारुण, चण्डतुण्डक, अनिल, अनल, विशालाक्ष, कुण्डली, पंकजित्‌ू, वज्रविष्कम्भ, वैनतेय, वामन, वातवेग, दिशाचक्षु, निमेष, अनिमिष, त्रिराव, सप्तराव, वाल्मीकि, द्वीपक, दैत्यद्वीप, सरिदद्वीप, सारस, पद्मकेतन, सुमुख, चित्रकेतु, चित्रब्ह, अनघ, मेषहत्‌, कुमुद, दक्ष, सर्पान्त, सहभोजन, गुरुभार, कपोत, सूर्यनेत्र, चिरान्तक, विष्णुधर्मा, कुमार, परिबर्ह, हरि, सुस्वर, मधुपर्क, हेमवर्ण, मालय, मातरिश्वा, निशाकर तथा दिवाकर। इस प्रकार संक्षेपसे मैंने इन मुख्य-मुख्य गरुड़-संतानोंका वर्णन किया है। ये सभी यशस्वी तथा महाबली बताये गये हैं

Transliteration

nārada uvāca | gurubhāraḥ kapotaś sūryanetraś cirāntakaḥ | viṣṇudharmā kumāraś ca paribarho haris tathā | suvarṇacūḍo nāgāśī dāruṇaś caṇḍatuṇḍakaḥ | anilo analaḥ viśālākṣaḥ kuṇḍalī paṅkajit | vajraviṣkambho vainateyo vāmanaḥ vātavegaḥ | diśācakṣuḥ nimeṣo animiṣas trirāvaḥ saptarāvaḥ | vālmīkir dvīpako daityadvīpaḥ sariddvīpaḥ sāraso padmaketanaḥ | sumukhaś citraketuś citrabhānuḥ anagho meṣahat kumudo dakṣaḥ | sarpāntaḥ sahabhojano gurubhāraḥ kapotaḥ sūryanetraḥ cirāntakaḥ | viṣṇudharmā kumāraḥ paribarhaḥ hariḥ susvaraḥ madhuparkaḥ hemavarṇo mālayaḥ | mātariśvā niśākaraḥ tathā divākaraḥ | iti saṅkṣepeṇa mayā ete mukhyamukhyā garuḍasantānā varṇitāḥ | ete sarve yaśasvino mahābalāś ca proktāḥ |

Translation

Nārada said: “Gurubhāra, Kapota, Sūryanetra, Cirāntaka; Viṣṇudharmā, Kumāra, Paribarha, and Hari; Suvarṇacūḍa, Nāgāśī, Dāruṇa, Caṇḍatuṇḍaka; Anila, Anala, Viśālākṣa, Kuṇḍalī, Paṅkajit; Vajraviṣkambha, Vainateya, Vāmana, Vātavega; Diśācakṣu, Nimeṣa, Animiṣa; Trirāva, Saptarāva; Vālmīki, Dvīpaka; Daityadvīpa, Sariddvīpa; Sārasa, Padmaketana; Sumukha, Citraketu, Citrabhānu; Anagha, Meṣahat, Kumuda, Dakṣa; Sarpānta, Sahabhojana; and again Gurubhāra, Kapota, Sūryanetra, Cirāntaka; Viṣṇudharmā, Kumāra, Paribarha, Hari; Susvara, Madhupārka, Hemavarṇa, Mālaya; Mātariśvā, Niśākara, and Divākara—these are the principal sons (descendants) of Garuḍa. In brief I have described these foremost among Garuḍa’s progeny; all are declared to be illustrious and exceedingly mighty.”

Word by Word

गुरुभारःHeavy-burden (name)

कपोतःPigeon (name)

सूर्यनेत्रःSun-eyed (name)

चिरान्तकःLong-end/long-destroyer (name)

विष्णुधर्माWhose dharma is Vishnu / Vishnu-dharma (name)

कुमारःPrince/youth (name)

परिबर्हःPlumage/ornamented (name)

हरिःHari (name)

तथाand/also/likewise

सुवर्णचूडःGolden-crested (name)

नागाशीSerpent-eater (name)

दारुणःFierce/terrible (name)

चण्डतुण्डकःFierce-beaked (name)

अनिलःWind (name)

अनलःFire (name)

विशालाक्षःLarge-eyed (name)

कुण्डलीRinged/earringed (name)

पङ्कजित्Mud-conqueror / lotus-conqueror (name)

वज्रविष्कम्भःVajra-support/prop (name)

वैनतेयःSon of Vinatā (Garuda epithet/name)

वामनःDwarf (name)

वातवेगःWind-speed (name)

दिशाचक्षुःDirection-eyed / seeing the quarters (name)

निमेषःBlink (name)

अनिमेषःUnblinking (name)

त्रिरावःThree-cried/three-roared (name)

सप्तरावःSeven-cried/roared (name)

वाल्मीकिḥVālmīki (name)

द्वीपकःLittle island / islander (name)

दैत्यद्वीपःDemon-island (name)

सरिद्द्वीपःRiver-island (name)

सारसःCrane (name)

पद्मकेतनःLotus-bannered/marked (name)

सुमुखःFair-faced (name)

चित्रकेतुःVariegated-bannered (name)

चित्रबाहुःVariegated-armed (name)

अनघःSinless/blameless (name)

मेषहत्Ram-slayer (name)

कुमुदःWater-lily (name)

दक्षःSkilful (name)

सर्पान्तःSerpent-end/serpent-destroyer (name)

सहभोजनःEating-together/companion at meals (name)

गुरुभारःHeavy-burden (repeated name)

कपोतःPigeon (repeated name)

सूर्यनेत्रःSun-eyed (repeated name)

चिरान्तकःLong-end/long-destroyer (repeated name)

विष्णुधर्माVishnu-dharma (repeated name)

कुमारःKumāra (repeated name)

परिबर्हःParibarha (repeated name)

हरिःHari (repeated name)

सुस्वरःSweet-voiced (name)

मधुपर्कःHoney-mixture offering (name)

हेमवर्णःGolden-colored (name)

मालयःGarlanded / Mālaya (name)

मातरिश्वाMātariśvan (wind/fire deity epithet; name)

निशाकरःNight-maker (moon) (name)

तथाand also

दिवाकरःDay-maker (sun) (name)

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Garuḍa

Gurubhāra

Kapota

Sūryanetra

Cirāntaka

Viṣṇudharmā

Kumāra

Paribarha

Hari

Suvarṇacūḍa

Nāgāśī

Dāruṇa

Caṇḍatuṇḍaka

Anila

Anala

Viśālākṣa

Kuṇḍalī

Paṅkajit

Vajraviṣkambha

Vainateya

Vāmana

Vātavega

Diśācakṣu

Nimeṣa

Animiṣa

Trirāva

Saptarāva

Vālmīki

Dvīpaka

Daityadvīpa

Sariddvīpa

Sārasa

Padmaketana

Sumukha

Citraketu

Citrabhānu

Anagha

Meṣahat

Kumuda

Dakṣa

Sarpānta

Sahabhojana

Susvara

Madhupārka

Hemavarṇa

Mālaya

Mātariśvā

Niśākara

Divākara

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse functions as a traditional epic catalogue: it emphasizes the vastness and potency of divine lineages, presenting Garuḍa’s progeny as ‘illustrious and mighty’—a reminder that cosmic order is populated by powerful beings whose names and attributes are preserved through sacred narration.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is enumerating the principal descendants of Garuḍa. After listing many names, he concludes that this is a brief summary and that all of them are famed and very strong.