Shloka 33

सुपर्णागमनम्

Garuda’s Arrival and the Release from the Serpent-Arrow Bond

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नन्तरेवायुर्मेगांश्चापिसविद्युतः ।पर्यस्यसागरेतोयंकम्पयननिवमेदिनीम् ।।6.50.33।।

Transliteration

etasminn antare vāyur meghāṃś cāpi sa-vidyutaḥ |

paryasyā sāgare toyaṃ kampayann iva medinīm ||6.50.33||

Translation

ในระหว่างนั้น วายุพัดกรรโชก เมฆาพร้อมสายฟ้าก็รวมตัวกัน น้ำในสมุทรถูกซัดกระจายและสั่นไหว ราวกับแผ่นดินทั้งผืนกำลังสะเทือน

Word by Word

• etasmin: in this
• etasmin: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma, Neuter/Masculine, Locative (7th), Singular; with 'antare' = 'in this interval'

• antare: in the meantime/interval
• antare: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th), Singular

• vāyuḥ: the wind
• vāyuḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāyu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• meghān: clouds
• meghān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: megha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Plural

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चय)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (समुच्चय/अपि = also)

• sa-vidyutaḥ: with lightning
• sa-vidyutaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (अव्यय) + vidyut (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Upapada-tatpuruṣa (सह/स-); Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; qualifies 'vāyuḥ' = 'with lightning' (i.e., with lightning-bearing clouds)

• paryasan: scattering about
• paryasan: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: paryasyat (कृदन्त, pari-√as/√as?; here from pari-√as 'to throw about/scatter')
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; agrees with 'vāyuḥ'

• sāgare: in the ocean
• sāgare: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th), Singular

• toyam: water
• toyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: toya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• kampayan: shaking
• kampayan: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kampayat (कृदन्त, √kamp धातु)
• Form: Causative present active participle (णिच् + शतृ); Masculine, Nominative, Singular; agrees with 'vāyuḥ'

• iva: as if, like
• iva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: Simile particle (उपमा)

• medinīm: the earth
• medinīm: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: medinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

Context

In the mean while winds blew, clouds also rose up, water in the ocean was scattered about by the wind and lightning appeared in the sky.

Characters & Entities

• wind (vāyu)
• clouds (megha)
• lightning (vidyut)
• ocean (sāgara)
• earth (medinī)

FAQs

What is the core ethical principle (Dharma) in this verse?

The verse frames crisis through cosmic disturbance: dharmic struggle is mirrored in nature, reminding listeners that moral conflict has wider consequences and calls for steadiness.

What is the narrative situation?

As urgent actions are underway, the environment turns turbulent—wind, lightning, and ocean waters upheave.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Implicitly, resilience—continuing righteous action even when conditions become frightening and unstable.