Shloka 18
Adhyaya 2 — The Lineage of Garuda and the Birth of the Wise Birds: Kanka and Kandhara
यस्माज्जेष्ठो मम भ्राता विश्रब्धो घाततस्त्वया ।
तस्मात्त्वां मदसंसक्तं नयिष्ये यमसादनम् ॥
yasmāj jeṣṭho mama bhrātā viśrabdho ghātatas tvayā / tasmāt tvāṃ madasaṃsaktaṃ nayiṣye yamasādanam //
“Vì anh cả của ta—đã tin ngươi—bị ngươi sát hại, nên ta sẽ đưa ngươi, kẻ say sưa và bị kiêu mạn trói buộc, đến nơi cư ngụ của Yama (Thần Chết).”
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FAQs
The verse frames violent betrayal (killing one who is viśrabdha—trusting) as a grave breach of dharma, and it condemns mada (arrogant intoxication) as a binding force that drives one toward ruin. Ethically, it links treachery and pride to inevitable consequence—here symbolized by being led to Yama’s realm.
This verse is primarily narrative-ethical rather than cosmological. It aligns most closely with Vaṃśānucarita/Carita (accounts of deeds within lineages/characters) and dharma-oriented instruction by exemplifying the moral causality that purāṇas often embed within stories.
Esoterically, Yama’s abode functions as the archetype of inescapable reckoning: actions done in the darkness of betrayal are still ‘seen’ by ṛta/dharma. Mada is portrayed as a subtle fetter—an inner intoxication that makes one spiritually ‘ripe’ for downfall—so the journey to Yama is also the soul’s descent caused by inner vice.