Shloka 15

Garuḍa–Śakra Saṃvāda and the Retrieval of Amṛta (गरुड–शक्र संवादः अमृत-अपहरण-प्रसङ्गः)

Devanagari script

कश्यप उवाच पुत्र मा साहसं कार्षी्मा सद्यो लप्स्यसे व्यथाम्‌ | मा त्वां दहेयु: संक्रुद्धा वालखिल्या मरीचिपा:

Transliteration

kaśyapa uvāca putra mā sāhasaṁ kārṣīḥ mā sadyo lapsyase vyathām | mā tvāṁ daheyuḥ saṁkruddhā vālakhilyā marīcipāḥ ||

Translation

迦叶波说道：“孩子啊，切莫鲁莽行事；否则你将立刻陷入沉重的痛苦。不要触怒瓦拉奇利耶（Vālakhilya）诸仙——饮日光之辈；他们一旦震怒，便能将你焚为灰烬。”

Word by Word

• कश्यपः: Kashyapa
• कश्यपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कश्यप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Singular

• पुत्र: O son
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मा: do not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• साहसम्: rash act, audacity
• साहसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: साहस
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कार्षीः: you should do / do (with prohibition: do not do)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Aorist (Injunctive/Prohibitive with मा), 2nd, Singular

• सद्यः: immediately
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः

• लप्स्यसे: you will obtain/meet with
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: Future, 2nd, Singular, Atmanepada

• व्यथाम्: pain, distress
• व्यथाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यथा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• मा: lest / do not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• दहेयुः: might burn
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह्
• Form: Optative (Potential), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• संक्रुद्धाः: enraged
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संक्रुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वालखिल्याः: the Valakhilya sages
• वालखिल्याः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वालखिल्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मरीचिपाः: drinkers of sun-rays (ray-drinkers)
• मरीचिपाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरीचिप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

कश्यप उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kaśyapa
• Vālakhilya sages
• Sun (implied by ‘rays’)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Reckless action invites immediate suffering; ethical restraint and respect toward powerful ascetics are essential, since their anger—born of tapas—can bring swift consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kashyapa cautions his son against a rash deed and warns that the Vālakhilya sages, famed as ‘drinkers of the Sun’s rays,’ if provoked, may incinerate him in their wrath.