Shloka 31
Garuḍa–Śakra Saṃvāda and the Retrieval of Amṛta (गरुड–शक्र संवादः अमृत-अपहरण-प्रसङ्गः)
तावुभौ भक्षयित्वा तु स तार्क्ष्य: कूर्मकुञ्जरौ । ततः पर्वतकूटाग्रादुत्पपात महाजव:,इस प्रकार कछुए और हाथी दोनोंको खाकर महान् वेगशाली गरुड पर्वतकी उस चोटीसे ही ऊपरकी ओर उड़े
tāv ubhau bhakṣayitvā tu sa tārkṣyaḥ kūrma-kuñjarau | tataḥ parvata-kūṭāgrād utpapāta mahājavaḥ ||
Matapos lamunin ang dalawa—ang pagong at ang elepante—si Tārkṣya (Garuḍa), na may napakalaking bilis, ay biglang pumaimbulog mula sa mismong tuktok ng bundok at lumipad paitaas. Ipinakikita ng pangyayaring ito ang di-mapipigil na lakas ng isang nilalang na kumikilos ayon sa likas na kapangyarihan at layon, at nagpapahiwatig din ng mabibigat na bunga kapag ang mga nilalang ay nasasangkot sa poot at natatangay ng mas makapangyarihang tagapagpatupad ng tadhana.
कश्यप उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights overwhelming strength and swiftness operating in accordance with innate nature and destiny; it also suggests that entrenched conflict can end disastrously when a greater power intervenes.
Kaśyapa narrates that Garuḍa (Tārkṣya) eats both the tortoise and the elephant and then launches himself upward from the summit of a mountain peak with great speed.