Shloka 14

Vālakhilya-Tapas and the Birth of Garuḍa (वालखिल्यतपः-गरुडोत्पत्तिः)

Devanagari script

तस्मिंस्तु कथिते मात्रा कारणे गगनेचर: । उवाच वचन सर्पास्तेन दुःखेन दुःखित:,माताके यह कारण बतानेपर आकाशचारी गरुडने उस दुःखसे दुःखी होकर सर्पोसे कहा--

Transliteration

tasmiṁstu kathite mātrā kāraṇe gagane-caraḥ | uvāca vacanaṁ sarpās tena duḥkhena duḥkhitaḥ ||

Translation

Khi mẹ chàng đã thuật rõ nguyên do ấy, Garuḍa—kẻ bay lượn giữa trời cao, lòng cũng đau vì nỗi khổ kia—liền cất lời nói với bầy rắn nāga.

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that (situation/time)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• कथिते: when (it was) told/said
• कथिते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कथित
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मात्रा: by (his) mother
• मात्रा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• कारणे: in/with regard to the reason/cause
• कारणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• गगनचरः: the sky-goer (Garuda)
• गगनचरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गगनचर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• वचनम्: words/speech
• वचनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सर्पान्: the serpents
• सर्पान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्प
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तेन: by/with that
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• दुःखेन: with sorrow
• दुःखेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• दुःखितः: sorrowful/afflicted
• दुःखितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःखित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

पितामह उवाच

Characters & Entities

• पितामह (Bhīṣma, narrator/speaker)
• माता (Garuḍa’s mother, Vinatā)
• गरुड (Garuḍa)
• सर्प (serpents/Nāgas)