Shloka 16

Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 106: Pūrva-Diśa Praśaṃsā

Praise and Primacy of the Eastern Quarter

Devanagari script

एवमुक्ते सखा तस्य गरुडो विनतात्मज: । दर्शयामास त॑ प्राह संदहृष्ट: प्रियकाम्यया,गालवके इस प्रकार कहनेपर उनके सखा विनतानन्दन गरुड़ने अत्यन्त प्रसन्न होकर उनका प्रिय करनेकी इच्छासे उन्हें दर्शन दिया और इस प्रकार कहा--

Transliteration

evam ukte sakhā tasya garuḍo vinatātmajaḥ | darśayāmāsa taṁ prāha saṁdahṛṣṭaḥ priyakāmyayā ||

Translation

Nghe vậy, người bạn của ngài là Garuḍa—con của Vinatā—liền hiện ra trước mặt. Vô cùng hoan hỷ và muốn làm điều đẹp lòng bạn hiền, Garuḍa tự bày lộ và nói như sau—.

Word by Word

एवम्thus

उक्तेwhen (it was) said

सखाfriend

तस्यof him

गरुडःGaruḍa

विनता-आत्मजःson of Vinatā

दर्शयामासshowed; made (himself) seen

तम्him

प्राहsaid

सदा-हृष्टःalways delighted; very pleased

प्रिय-काम्ययाwith the desire to do what is pleasing

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Garuḍa

Vinatā

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the dharmic ideal of friendship: a true friend, pleased by a rightful request, comes forward willingly to help and to fulfill what is dear to the other.

What is happening in the narrative?

After someone speaks (implied: a request or statement), Garuḍa—identified as Vinatā’s son and the person’s friend—appears before him, delighted, and begins to speak, indicating readiness to assist.