Shloka 16

Garuḍa–Śakra Saṃvāda and the Retrieval of Amṛta (गरुड–शक्र संवादः अमृत-अपहरण-प्रसङ्गः)

Devanagari script

सौतिरुवाच ततः प्रसादयामास कश्यप: पुत्रकारणात्‌ | वालखिल्यान्‌ महाभागांस्तपसा हतकल्मषान्‌

Transliteration

Sautir uvāca: tataḥ prasādayāmāsa Kaśyapaḥ putra-kāraṇāt | Vālakhilyān mahābhāgāṁs tapasā hata-kalmaṣān ||

Translation

سوتی نے کہا—اس کے بعد بیٹے کی خاطر مہارشی کشیپ نے تپسیا کے ذریعے جن کے داغ دھبّے جل چکے تھے، اُن نہایت بختیار والکھلیہ منیوں کو راضی کیا۔

Word by Word

• सूतिः: Sauti (Ugraśravas), the narrator
• सूतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• प्रसादयामास: propitiated, pleased
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रसादय्
• Form: Perfect (periphrastic), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कश्यपः: Kaśyapa
• कश्यपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कश्यप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुत्रकारणात्: for the sake of a son (because of the cause: son)
• पुत्रकारणात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्रकारण
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• वालखिल्यान्: the Vālakhilya sages
• वालखिल्यान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वालखिल्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• महाभागान्: greatly fortunate, illustrious
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाभाग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• हतकल्मषान्: whose sins are destroyed; sinless
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हतकल्मष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

कश्यप उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sauti (Ugraśravas)
• Kaśyapa
• Vālakhilya sages

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Desires such as progeny are to be pursued through dharmic means—humility, reverence toward the spiritually accomplished, and reliance on tapas and blessing rather than coercion or adharma. The verse also underscores the ethical ideal that true authority comes from purification (hata-kalmaṣa) gained by austerity.

What is happening in the narrative?

After a preceding development, Kaśyapa, wishing for a son, approaches and propitiates the Vālakhilya sages—renowned ascetics purified by tapas—seeking their favor and likely their blessing or assistance in fulfilling his aim.