Shloka 16

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

Devanagari script

सौतिरुवाच श्रुत्वा तमब्रुवन्‌ सर्पा आहरामृतमोजसा । ततो दास्याद्‌ विप्रमोक्षो भविता तव खेचर,उग्रश्रवाजी कहते हैं--गरुड़की बात सुनकर सर्पोने कहा--“गरुड! तुम पराक्रम करके हमारे लिये अमृत ला दो। इससे तुम्हें दास्यभावसे छुटकारा मिल जायगा”

Transliteration

sautir uvāca śrutvā tam abruvan sarpā āhara amṛtam ojasā | tato dāsyād vipramokṣo bhavitā tava khecara ||

Translation

Sauti (Ugraśravas) thuật rằng: Nghe lời ấy, bầy nāga đáp: “Hỡi Garuḍa bay lượn giữa trời, hãy dùng chính sức mạnh của ngươi đem amṛta về cho chúng ta. Khi ấy ngươi sẽ được giải thoát khỏi thân phận nô lệ.”

Word by Word

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

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Active

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अब्रुवन्: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• सर्पाः: the serpents
• सर्पाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्प
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• आहर: bring
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-हृ
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अमृतम्: nectar of immortality
• अमृतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ओजसा: by (your) strength
• ओजसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओजस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• ततः: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• दास्यात्: from servitude
• दास्यात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दास्य
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• विप्रमोक्षः: release, liberation
• विप्रमोक्षः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्रमोक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भविता: will be (will come to be)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Periphrastic future participle (agent noun), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तव: of you/for you
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• खेचर: O sky-goer (Garuda)
• Type: Noun
• Root: खेचर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

पितामह उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ugraśravas (Sauti)
• sarpāḥ (nāgas/serpents)
• Garuḍa
• amṛta (nectar of immortality)