Shloka 39

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

Devanagari script

इन्द्र वाच किमर्थ भगवन्‌ घोरा उत्पाता: सहसोत्थिता: । न च शत्रु प्रपश्यामि युधि यो नः प्रधर्षयेत्‌

Transliteration

indra uvāca: kimarthaṁ bhagavan ghorā utpātāḥ sahasotthitāḥ | na ca śatruṁ prapaśyāmi yudhi yo naḥ pradharṣayet ||

Translation

因陀罗说道：“为何缘故，尊者啊，可怖的凶兆竟忽然并起？我在战场上并不见有任何敌人，能压倒或羞辱我们诸天。”

Word by Word

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• किमर्थम्: for what reason? why?
• किमर्थम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किम्-अर्थ

• भगवन्: O Blessed one / O Lord
• भगवन्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• घोराः: terrible
• घोराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• उत्पाताः: portents, ominous signs
• उत्पाताः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्पात
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सहसा: suddenly
• सहसा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा

• उत्थिताः: arisen, occurred
• उत्थिताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-स्था
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• शत्रुम्: enemy
• शत्रुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रपश्यामि: I see clearly
• प्रपश्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√पश् (पश्य)
• Form: Present, 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• युधि: in battle
• युधि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नः: us
• नः: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Plural

• प्रधर्षयेत्: might assail/insult/overpower
• प्रधर्षयेत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-धृष्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

कश्यप उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Bhagavan (addressed sage)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even the powerful must attend to signs of disorder and seek wise counsel; sudden portents suggest a disturbance in cosmic order (dharma) that may not be visible as a conventional enemy.

What is happening in the narrative?

Indra, noticing frightening omens, questions a revered sage about their cause, expressing surprise because he sees no apparent foe capable of challenging the gods in open battle.