Shloka 12
Adhyaya 2 — The Lineage of Garuda and the Birth of the Wise Birds: Kanka and Kandhara
जगामाथ स यत्रास्ते भ्रातृहा तस्य राक्षसः ।
पक्षवातेन महता चालयन् भूधरान् वरान् ॥
jagāmātha sa yatrāste bhrātṛhā tasya rākṣasaḥ | pakṣavātena mahatā cālayan bhūdharān varān ||
แล้วเขาไปยังที่พำนักของรากษสผู้ฆ่าพี่น้องนั้น—ผู้ซึ่งด้วยแรงลมอันมหาศาลจากปีก ทำให้แม้ภูเขาอันประเสริฐยังสั่นสะเทือน
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FAQs
The epithet bhrātṛhā marks the rākṣasa as steeped in adharma: fratricide is presented as a defining moral stain. The verse also frames such adharma as socially and cosmically disruptive—his very presence ‘shakes mountains,’ signaling that grave sin and unchecked power destabilize the world-order (dharma).
This verse is best classified under Vaṃśānucarita/Carita (narrative of persons and events) rather than sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa proper. It functions as episodic storytelling that supports the Purana’s broader moral-historical tapestry.
Mountains (bhūdharāḥ) often symbolize steadiness, restraint, and the ‘fixed’ axis of the world. A wing-born gale that makes them tremble can be read as the agitation of the guṇas—especially rajas—when adharma becomes dominant. The ‘wind of wings’ suggests restless, ungrounded force disturbing what should be immovable.