Shloka 7

Ananta-Śeṣa Tapas and the Bearing of the Earth (अनन्त-शेष-तपस् तथा महीधारणम्)

Devanagari script

एवं संलोडयामास गरुडस्त्रिदिवालयम्‌ । पक्षतुण्डप्रहारैस्तु देवान्‌ स विददार ह,इस तरह गरुडने स्वर्गलोकको व्याकुल कर दिया और पंखों तथा चोंचोंकी मारसे देवताओंका अंग-अंग विदीर्ण कर डाला

Transliteration

evaṁ saṁloḍayāmāsa garuḍas tridivālayaṁ | pakṣatuṇḍa-prahārais tu devān sa vidadāra ha ||

Translation

Śaunaka nói: Thế rồi Garuḍa làm chấn động cõi trời; vung cánh và mổ bằng mỏ, chàng xé nát thân thể chư thiên, khiến tay chân rời rạc.

Word by Word

एवम्thus

सँलोडयामासagitated, disturbed

गरुडःGaruḍa

त्रिदिवालयम्the abode of the three heavens (svarga)

पक्षतुण्डप्रहारैःwith blows of wings and beak

तुindeed, but

देवान्the gods

सःhe

विददारtore apart, rent

हindeed (emphatic particle)

Speaker

शौनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śaunaka

Garuḍa

Tridiva (Svarga/heaven)

Devas (gods)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how immense power, even when aligned with a determined purpose, can disturb cosmic order; ethical action requires not only strength and resolve but also awareness of the wider consequences and the need to restore balance after force is used.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śaunaka describes Garuḍa storming the heavenly realm and violently striking the gods with his wings and beak, causing chaos and injury—an image of Garuḍa’s irresistible might as he advances his mission in the larger Garuḍa–Amṛta narrative.