Shloka 17

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

Devanagari script

कश्यप उवाच प्रजाहितार्थमारम्भो गरुडस्य तपोधना: । चिकीर्षति महत्कर्म तदनुज्ञातुमरहथ

Transliteration

Kaśyapa uvāca: prajāhitārtham ārambho Garuḍasya tapodhanāḥ | cikīrṣati mahat karma tad anu-jñātum arhatha ||

Translation

کشیپ نے کہا—“اے تپسیا کے دھن والے بزرگو، گڑُڑ کا یہ اقدام رعایا کی بھلائی کے لیے شروع ہوا ہے۔ وہ ایک عظیم کارنامہ انجام دینا چاہتا ہے؛ لہٰذا تمہیں چاہیے کہ اسے اجازت عطا کرو۔”

Word by Word

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

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

• प्रजा-हित-अर्थम्: for the sake of the welfare of the subjects
• प्रजा-हित-अर्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजाहितार्थ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आरम्भः: undertaking; effort
• आरम्भः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आरम्भ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गरुडस्य: of Garuḍa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गरुड
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तपोधनाः: O ascetics (those whose wealth is austerity)
• तपोधनाः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपोधन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• चिकीर्षति: wishes to do; intends to do
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• महत्: great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कर्म: deed; act
• कर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तत्: that (act)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अनुज्ञातुम्: to permit; to authorize
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनुज्ञा
• Form: Tumun (infinitive), Active

• अर्हथ: you all should; you are fit to
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह्
• Form: Present, Second, Plural, Parasmaipada

Speaker

कश्यप उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kaśyapa
• Garuḍa
• tapodhanāḥ (ascetics/sages)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A major action should be grounded in the welfare of beings (prajā-hita) and undertaken with proper authorization and ethical sanction from elders or spiritual authorities.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kaśyapa addresses ascetics/sages, explaining that Garuḍa is initiating an enterprise meant for the common good and asks them to grant him permission to proceed with the great task.