Garuda Asks the Price of His Mother's Freedom

Verse 1 (1.27.1)

संप्रहृष्टास्ततो नागा जलधाराप्लुतास्तदा । सुपर्णेनोह्यमानास्ते जग्मुस्तं द्वीपमाशु वै ॥

saṃprahṛṣṭāstato nāgā jaladhārāplutāstadā | suparṇenohyamānāste jagmustaṃ dvīpamāśu vai

Then, overjoyed and drenched by the streams of rain, the serpents, carried by Suparna, swiftly reached that island.

Note on the text: Only the second line is in the critical edition (first line of CE 1.23.1, which reads deśam for द्वीपम्); the first line is not.

Verse 2 (1.27.2)

तं द्वीपं मकरावासं विहितं विश्वकर्मणा । तत्र ते लवणं घोरं ददृशुः पूर्वमागताः ॥

taṃ dvīpaṃ makarāvāsaṃ vihitaṃ viśvakarmaṇā | tatra te lavaṇaṃ ghoraṃ dadṛśuḥ pūrvamāgatāḥ

That island, the home of makaras, had been fashioned by Vishvakarman. Having arrived there first, they saw the fearsome salt sea,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 3 (1.27.3)

सुपर्णसहिताः सर्पाः काननं च मनोरमम् । सागराम्बुपरिक्षिप्तं पक्षिसङ्घनिनादितम् ॥

suparṇasahitāḥ sarpāḥ kānanaṃ ca manoramam | sāgarāmbuparikṣiptaṃ pakṣisaṅghanināditam

the serpents together with Suparna, and a delightful forest too, girdled by the waters of the sea and echoing with flocks of birds,

Note on the text: Corrected पक्षिसङ्घनिजादितम् → पक्षिसङ्घनिनादितम् (misprint in Wikisource; निजादित is not a word, the critical edition has pakṣisaṃghanināditam). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension), except the second line, which is the second line of CE 1.23.1.

Verse 4 (1.27.4)

विचित्रफलपुष्पाभिर्वनराजिभिरावृतम् । भवनैरावृतं रम्यैस्तथा पद्माकरैरपि ॥

vicitraphalapuṣpābhirvanarājibhirāvṛtam | bhavanairāvṛtaṃ ramyaistathā padmākarairapi

covered with rows of trees bearing many-coloured fruits and flowers, and with lovely mansions and lotus pools as well;

Verse 5 (1.27.5)

प्रसन्नसलिलैश्चापि ह्रदैर्दिव्यैर्विभूषितम् । दिव्यगन्धवहैः पुण्यैर्मारुतैरुपवीजितम् ॥

prasannasalilaiścāpi hradairdivyairvibhūṣitam | divyagandhavahaiḥ puṇyairmārutairupavījitam

adorned with divine lakes of clear water, and fanned by holy breezes carrying heavenly fragrance;

Note on the text: Corrected ह्वदैर् → ह्रदैर् (misprint in Wikisource; ह्व for ह्र, "lakes", as in the critical edition).

Verse 6 (1.27.6)

उत्पतद्भिरिवाकाशं वृक्षैर्मलयजैरपि । शोभितं पुष्पवर्षाणि मुञ्चद्भिर्मारुतोद्धतैः ॥

utpatadbhirivākāśaṃ vṛkṣairmalayajairapi | śobhitaṃ puṣpavarṣāṇi muñcadbhirmārutoddhataiḥ

graced by sandal trees of the Malaya hills that seemed to soar into the sky and, tossed by the wind, shed showers of flowers;

Verse 7 (1.27.7)

वायुविक्षिप्तकुसुमैस्तथाऽन्यैरपि पादपैः । किरद्भिरिव तत्रस्थान्नागान्पुष्पाम्बुवृष्टिभिः ॥

vāyuvikṣiptakusumaistathā'nyairapi pādapaiḥ | kiradbhiriva tatrasthānnāgānpuṣpāmbuvṛṣṭibhiḥ

and by other trees too, their blossoms scattered by the wind, as if pouring showers of flowers and water on the Nagas who stood there;

Note on the text: Only the second line is in the critical edition (first line of CE 1.23.5); the first line is not.

Verse 8 (1.27.8)

मनःसंहर्षजं दिव्यं गन्धर्वाप्सरसां प्रियम् । मत्तभ्रमरसंघुष्टं मनोज्ञाकृतिदर्शनम् ॥

manaḥsaṃharṣajaṃ divyaṃ gandharvāpsarasāṃ priyam | mattabhramarasaṃghuṣṭaṃ manojñākṛtidarśanam

divine, a delight to the heart, dear to gandharvas and apsaras, humming with drunken bees, lovely in every shape the eye fell on;

Note on the text: Corrected मत्तभ्रमस्संघुष्टं → मत्तभ्रमरसंघुष्टं (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped र, restoring "bees" and the metre). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); its first line parallels the second line of CE 1.23.5.

Verse 9 (1.27.9)

रमणीयं शिवं पुण्यं सर्वैर्जनमनोहरैः । नानापक्षिरुतं रम्यं कद्रूपुत्रप्रहर्षणम् ॥

ramaṇīyaṃ śivaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvairjanamanoharaiḥ | nānāpakṣirutaṃ ramyaṃ kadrūputrapraharṣaṇam

charming, auspicious and holy, with everything that delights people's hearts, lovely with the songs of many birds, a joy to the sons of Kadru.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension), except the second line, which is the third line of CE 1.23.5.

Verse 10 (1.27.10)

तत्ते वनं समासाद्य विजह्रुः पन्नगास्तदा । अब्रुवंश्च महावीर्यं सुपर्णं पतगेश्वरम् ॥

tatte vanaṃ samāsādya vijahruḥ pannagāstadā | abruvaṃśca mahāvīryaṃ suparṇaṃ patageśvaram

Reaching that forest, the serpents then sported there, and said to the mighty Suparna, lord of birds:

Verse 11 (1.27.11)

वहास्मानपरं द्वीपं सुरम्यं विमलोदकम् । त्वं हि देशान्बहून्रम्यान्व्रजन्पश्यसि खेचर ॥

vahāsmānaparaṃ dvīpaṃ suramyaṃ vimalodakam | tvaṃ hi deśānbahūnramyānvrajanpaśyasi khecara

"Carry us to another island, a lovely one with clear water. For you, rover of the sky, see many delightful lands as you travel."

Verse 12 (1.27.12)

स विचिन्त्याब्रवीत्पक्षी मातरं विनतां तदा । किं कारणं मया मातः कर्तव्यं सर्पभाषितम् ॥

sa vicintyābravītpakṣī mātaraṃ vinatāṃ tadā | kiṃ kāraṇaṃ mayā mātaḥ kartavyaṃ sarpabhāṣitam

The bird reflected and then said to his mother Vinata: "Mother, for what reason must I do what the serpents tell me?"

Note on the text: Corrected विनतो → विनतां (misprint in Wikisource; the accusative agreeing with मातरं is required, as in the critical edition).

Verse 13 (1.27.13)

दासीभूतास्मि दुर्योगात्सपत्न्याः पतगोत्तम । पणं वितथमास्थाय सर्पैरुपधिना कृतम् ॥

dāsībhūtāsmi duryogātsapatnyāḥ patagottama | paṇaṃ vitathamāsthāya sarpairupadhinā kṛtam

Best of birds, by ill fortune I have become my co-wife's slave, through a false wager that the serpents rigged by trickery.

Verse 14 (1.27.14)

तस्मिंस्तु कथिते मात्रा कारणे गगनेचरः । उवाच वचनं सर्पांस्तेन दुःखेन दुःखितः ॥

tasmiṃstu kathite mātrā kāraṇe gaganecaraḥ | uvāca vacanaṃ sarpāṃstena duḥkhena duḥkhitaḥ

When his mother had told him the reason, the sky-ranger, pained by her sorrow, spoke these words to the serpents:

Note on the text: Corrected गगनेतरः → गगनेचरः (misprint in Wikisource; "sky-ranger", as in the critical edition).

Verse 15 (1.27.15)

किमाहृत्य विदित्वा वा किं वा कृत्वेह पौरुषम् । दास्याद्वो विप्रमुच्येयं तथ्यं वदत लेलिहाः ॥

kimāhṛtya viditvā vā kiṃ vā kṛtveha pauruṣam | dāsyādvo vipramucyeyaṃ tathyaṃ vadata lelihāḥ

"What must I bring, or learn, or what feat of valour must I perform here, to be freed from slavery to you? Tell me truly, you flicker-tongued ones."

Verse 16 (1.27.16)

श्रुत्वा समब्रुवन्सर्पा आहरामृतमोजसा । ततो दास्याद्विप्रमोक्षो भविता तव खेचर ॥

śrutvā samabruvansarpā āharāmṛtamojasā | tato dāsyādvipramokṣo bhavitā tava khecara

Hearing this, the serpents said: "Bring the nectar by your might. Then you will be freed from slavery, rover of the sky."