Shloka 15

Udyoga Parva, Adhyaya 104: Nārada on Suhṛt and Nirbandha; the Viśvāmitra–Gālava Exemplum Begins

Devanagari script

अवज्ञाय तु यत्‌ ते5हं भोजनाद्‌ व्यपरोपित: । तेन मे गौरवं नष्टं त्वत्तक्षास्माच्च वासव

Transliteration

avajñāya tu yat te 'haṁ bhojanād vyaparopitaḥ | tena me gauravaṁ naṣṭaṁ tvattakṣāsmāc ca vāsava ||

Translation

గరుడుడు అన్నాడు—ఓ వాసవా! నన్ను అవమానించి నా భోజనం నుండి నన్ను దూరం చేశావు; దానివల్ల నా గౌరవం నశించింది. ఇంకా, ఓ వాసవా, నీ కారణంగానే తక్షకుడు నన్ను కాటేశాడు.

Word by Word

अवज्ञायhaving disregarded/insulted

तुbut/indeed

यत्that/whereas

तेyour

अहम्I

भोजनात्from the meal/food

व्यपरोपितःwas removed/kept away (excluded)

तेनby that/thereby

मेmy

गौरवम्honour/respect

नष्टम्destroyed/lost

त्वत्तक्शात्from you, the carpenter (i.e., from you, O Takṣa)

अस्मात्from this/from here

चand

वासवO Vāsava (Indra)

Speaker

गरुड उवाच

Characters & Entities

Garuḍa

Takṣaka

Vāsava (Indra)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how contempt and public slighting can destroy dignity and provoke lasting enmity; it also stresses moral accountability by attributing subsequent harm to the one whose disrespect set events in motion.

What is happening in the narrative?

Garuḍa addresses Indra, accusing him of having insulted and driven him away from his food, thereby causing Garuḍa’s loss of honor; Garuḍa further blames Indra’s agency for the biting by Takṣaka.