Shloka 46

सुपर्णागमनम्

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

Devanagari script

अहंसखातेकाकुत्स्थ प्रियःप्राणोबहिश्चरः ।गरुत्मानिहसम्प्राप्तोयुवयोःसाह्यकारणात् ।।6.50.46।।

Transliteration

ahaṃ sakhā te kākutstha priyaḥ prāṇo bahiścaraḥ |

garutmān iha samprāpto yuvayoḥ sāhyakāraṇāt ||6.50.46||

Translation

โอ้กากุตสถะ ข้าพเจ้าเป็นสหายของพระองค์ เป็นที่รักดุจลมหายใจแห่งชีวิตที่เคลื่อนไหวอยู่นอกกาย ข้าพเจ้า ครุฑมาน มาถึงที่นี่เพื่อเกื้อกูลช่วยเหลือท่านทั้งสอง

Word by Word

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• sakhā: friend
• sakhā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sakhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी एकवचन; here षष्ठी (Genitive) with ‘sakhā’ = ‘your friend’

• kākutstha: O Kakutstha
• kākutstha: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kākutstha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• priyaḥ: dear
• priyaḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: priya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण of ‘sakhā/prāṇaḥ’

• prāṇaḥ: life-breath
• prāṇaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; apposition (metaphor)

• bahiścaraḥ: moving outside (free-roaming)
• bahiścaraḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahiḥ + cara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (avyaya-tatpurusha: ‘bahiḥ carati’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण of ‘prāṇaḥ/aham’

• garutmān: Garuḍa
• garutmān: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: garutmat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• samprāptaḥ: arrived
• samprāptaḥ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√prāp (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having arrived’

• yuvayoḥ: of you two
• yuvayoḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive), द्विवचन

• sāhya-kāraṇāt: for the sake of help
• sāhya-kāraṇāt: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāhya + kāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (purpose: ‘help-cause’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन; हेतौ पञ्चमी (ablative of reason/purpose)

Context

"O Kakuthsa! I am Garuthman, your dear friend and your outer breath. I reached here to help you."

Characters & Entities

• Rama (Kakutstha)
• Lakshmana
• Garuḍa (Garutmān)

FAQs

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

Dharma is expressed as faithful friendship—offering support to the righteous not as obligation alone but as heartfelt duty akin to safeguarding life itself.

What is the narrative situation?

Garuḍa identifies himself to Rama and explains that he has arrived specifically to assist both Rama and Lakshmana.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Loyalty and protective devotion—Garuḍa frames his help as intimate, life-sustaining companionship.