Garuda's Pact with Indra and the Freeing of Vinata

Verse 1 (1.34.1)

इत्येवमुक्तो गरुडः प्रत्युवाच शचीपतिम् । सख्यं मेऽस्तु त्वया देव यथेच्छसि पुरंदर । बलं तु मम जानीहि महच्चासह्यमेव च ॥

ityevamukto garuḍaḥ pratyuvāca śacīpatim | sakhyaṃ me'stu tvayā deva yathecchasi puraṃdara | balaṃ tu mama jānīhi mahaccāsahyameva ca

So addressed, Garuda replied to the lord of Shachi: "Let there be friendship between us, god, as you wish, Puramdara. But know that my strength is great and hard to withstand.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (a backtick and ') around the first line, which is not in the critical edition (vulgate); lines 2–3 = CE 1.30.1.

Verse 2 (1.34.2)

कामं नैतत्प्रशंसन्ति सन्तः स्वबलसंस्तवम् । अनिमित्तं सुरश्रेष्ठ सद्यः प्राप्नोति गर्हणाम् ॥

kāmaṃ naitatpraśaṃsanti santaḥ svabalasaṃstavam | animittaṃ suraśreṣṭha sadyaḥ prāpnoti garhaṇām

Good people, it is true, do not approve of praising one's own strength; whoever does it without cause, best of the gods, is at once held to blame.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki backtick before the second line. The first line = CE 1.30.2ab; the second is not in the critical edition (vulgate).

Verse 3 (1.34.3)

गुणसंकीर्तनं चापि पृष्टेनान्येन गोपते । वक्तव्यं न तु वक्तव्यं स्वयमेव शतक्रतो ॥

guṇasaṃkīrtanaṃ cāpi pṛṣṭenānyena gopate | vaktavyaṃ na tu vaktavyaṃ svayameva śatakrato

One's merits too, lord, should be told by someone else who is asked about them, never by oneself, Shatakratu.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (।।') at the end. An expanded form of CE 1.30.2cd (guṇasaṃkīrtanaṃ cāpi svayam eva śatakrato); the rest is not in the critical edition (vulgate).

Verse 4 (1.34.4)

सखेति कृत्वा तु सखे पृष्टो वक्ष्याम्यहं त्वया । न ह्यात्मस्तवसंयुक्तं वक्तव्यमनिमित्ततः ॥

sakheti kṛtvā tu sakhe pṛṣṭo vakṣyāmyahaṃ tvayā | na hyātmastavasaṃyuktaṃ vaktavyamanimittataḥ

But since you have made me your friend, friend, and have asked me, I will tell you; for words of self-praise should not be spoken without a reason.

Verse 5 (1.34.5)

सपर्वतवनामुर्वीं ससागरजलामिमाम् । वहे पक्षेण वै शक्र त्वामप्यत्रावलम्बिनम् ॥

saparvatavanāmurvīṃ sasāgarajalāmimām | vahe pakṣeṇa vai śakra tvāmapyatrāvalambinam

Shakra, I can carry this earth, with its mountains and forests and the waters of its oceans, on a single wing, and you as well, clinging to it.

Verse 6 (1.34.6)

सर्वान्संपिण्डितान्वापि लोकान्सस्थाणुजङ्गमान् । वहेयमपरिश्रान्तो विद्धीदं मे महद्बलम् ॥

sarvānsaṃpiṇḍitānvāpi lokānsasthāṇujaṅgamān | vaheyamapariśrānto viddhīdaṃ me mahadbalam

Or I could carry all the worlds heaped together, with everything that moves and everything that is still, without tiring. Know that this is my great strength."

Verse 7 (1.34.7)

इत्युक्तवचनं वीरं किरीटी श्रीमतां वरः । आह शौनक देवेन्द्रः सर्वलोकहितः प्रभुः ॥

ityuktavacanaṃ vīraṃ kirīṭī śrīmatāṃ varaḥ | āha śaunaka devendraḥ sarvalokahitaḥ prabhuḥ

When the hero had finished speaking, Shaunaka, the crowned king of the gods, foremost of the glorious, the lord who works for the good of all the worlds, said:

Verse 8 (1.34.8)

एवमेव यथात्थ त्वं सर्वं संभाव्यते त्वयि । संगृह्यतामिदानीं मे सख्यमत्यन्तमुत्तमम् ॥

evameva yathāttha tvaṃ sarvaṃ saṃbhāvyate tvayi | saṃgṛhyatāmidānīṃ me sakhyamatyantamuttamam

"It is just as you say; anything is possible for you. Accept my friendship now, lasting and supreme.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (vulgate); the second corresponds to CE 1.30.7ab. Indra's words are reported in Sauti's narration (no speaker line is printed).

Verse 9 (1.34.9)

न कार्यं यदि सोमेन मम सोमः प्रदीयताम् । अस्मांस्ते हि प्रबाधेयुर्येभ्यो दद्याद्भवानिमम् ॥

na kāryaṃ yadi somena mama somaḥ pradīyatām | asmāṃste hi prabādheyuryebhyo dadyādbhavānimam

If you have no use for the soma, give the soma to me, for those to whom you would give it would torment us."

Note on the text: This verse = CE 1.30.7cd–ef (variant).

Verse 10 (1.34.10)

किंचित्कारणमुद्दिश्य सोमोऽयं नीयते मया । न दास्यामि समापातुं सोमं कस्मैचिदप्यहम् ॥

kiṃcitkāraṇamuddiśya somo'yaṃ nīyate mayā | na dāsyāmi samāpātuṃ somaṃ kasmaicidapyaham

I am carrying this soma for a particular purpose. I will not give the soma to anyone to drink.

Verse 11 (1.34.11)

यत्रेमं तु सहस्राक्ष निक्षिपेयमहं स्वयम् । त्वमादाय ततस्तूर्णं हरेथास्त्रिदिवेश्वर ॥

yatremaṃ tu sahasrākṣa nikṣipeyamahaṃ svayam | tvamādāya tatastūrṇaṃ harethāstridiveśvara

But wherever I myself set it down, thousand-eyed one, you may pick it up at once and carry it off, lord of heaven.

Note on the text: Corrected ततस्तृर्णं → ततस्तूर्णं (misprint in Wikisource; ृ for ू; CE tatas tūrṇaṃ).

Verse 12 (1.34.12)

वाक्येनानेन तुष्टोऽहं यत्त्वयोक्तमिहाण्डज । यमिच्छसि वरं मत्तस्तं गृहाण खगोत्तम ॥

vākyenānena tuṣṭo'haṃ yattvayoktamihāṇḍaja | yamicchasi varaṃ mattastaṃ gṛhāṇa khagottama

I am pleased with what you have said here, egg-born one. Take from me whatever boon you wish, best of birds.

Verse 13 (1.34.13)

इत्युक्तः प्रत्युवाचेदं कद्रूपुत्राननुस्मरन् । स्मृत्वा चैवोपधिकृतं मातुर्दास्यनिमित्ततः ॥

ityuktaḥ pratyuvācedaṃ kadrūputrānanusmaran | smṛtvā caivopadhikṛtaṃ māturdāsyanimittataḥ

So addressed, he replied, thinking of the sons of Kadru, and remembering too the trick they had played to make his mother a slave:

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (1.30.11): Wikisource repeats here, as this verse's second line, the second line of the next verse (भवेयुर्भुजगाः शक्र मम भक्ष्या महाबलाः), a copying error that also puts Garuda's words in the narrator's verse; the critical edition's second line is restored in its place.

Verse 14 (1.34.14)

ईशोऽहमपि सर्वस्य करिष्यामि तु तेऽर्थिताम् । भवेयुर्भुजगाः शक्र मम भक्ष्या महाबलाः ॥

īśo'hamapi sarvasya kariṣyāmi tu te'rthitām | bhaveyurbhujagāḥ śakra mama bhakṣyā mahābalāḥ

Though I have power over everything, I will do what you ask. Let the mighty serpents be my food, Shakra.

Verse 15 (1.34.15)

तथेत्युक्त्वाऽन्वगच्छत्तं ततो दानवसूदनः । देवदेवं महात्मानं योगिनामीश्वरं हरिम् ॥

tathetyuktvā'nvagacchattaṃ tato dānavasūdanaḥ | devadevaṃ mahātmānaṃ yogināmīśvaraṃ harim

Saying "So be it," the slayer of the Danavas then went to the god of gods, the great-souled Hari, lord of yogis.

Note on the text: The first line = CE 1.30.13ab; the second is not in the critical edition (vulgate).

Verse 16 (1.34.16)

स चान्वमोदत्तं चार्थं यथोक्तं गरुडेन वै । इदं भूयो वचः प्राह भगवांस्त्रिदशेश्वरः ॥

sa cānvamodattaṃ cārthaṃ yathoktaṃ garuḍena vai | idaṃ bhūyo vacaḥ prāha bhagavāṃstridaśeśvaraḥ

Hari approved that purpose, just as Garuda had set it out. Then the blessed lord of the thirty gods spoke these words again:

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

Verse 17 (1.34.17)

हरिष्यामि विनिक्षिप्तं सोममित्यनुभाष्य तम् । आजगाम ततस्तूर्णं सुपर्णो मातुरन्तिकम् ॥

hariṣyāmi vinikṣiptaṃ somamityanubhāṣya tam | ājagāma tatastūrṇaṃ suparṇo māturantikam

"I will carry off the soma once it has been set down." When Indra had said this to him, Suparna came swiftly to his mother.

Note on the text: Corrected सुपर्णी → सुपर्णो (misprint in Wikisource; masculine, of Garuda; CE suparṇo). This verse = CE 1.30.13cd + 14ab.

Verse 18 (1.34.18)

विनयावनतो भूत्वा वचनं चेदमब्रवीत् । इदमानीतममृतं देवानां भवनान्मया ॥

vinayāvanato bhūtvā vacanaṃ cedamabravīt | idamānītamamṛtaṃ devānāṃ bhavanānmayā

Bowing low in humility, he said: "I have brought this amrita from the abode of the gods.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki backtick. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 19 (1.34.19)

प्रशाधि किमितो मातः करिष्यामि शुभव्रते ॥

praśādhi kimito mātaḥ kariṣyāmi śubhavrate

Command me, mother: what shall I do now, you of auspicious vows?"

Note on the text: Wikisource verses 19–20 run Garuda's words, Vinata's reply and Sauti's narration together, with the speaker line सौतिरुवाच printed inside verse 20; they are regrouped here by speaker. This verse is the first line of Wikisource 19 (Garuda's words, within Sauti's narration). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 20 (1.34.20)

परितुष्टाऽहमेतेन कर्मणा तव पुत्रक । अजरश्चामरश्चैव देवानां सुप्रियो भव ॥

parituṣṭā'hametena karmaṇā tava putraka | ajaraścāmaraścaiva devānāṃ supriyo bhava

I am well pleased with this deed of yours, my son. Be free from age and death, and dearly loved by the gods.

Note on the text: Wikisource verses 19–20 run Garuda's words, Vinata's reply and Sauti's narration together, with the speaker line सौतिरुवाच printed inside verse 20; they are regrouped here by speaker. This verse (Vinata's words) = the second line of Wikisource 19 + the first line of Wikisource 20. Corrected अजरश्चाभरश्चैव → अजरश्चामरश्चैव (misprint in Wikisource; amara, deathless). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 21 (1.34.21)

अथ सर्पानुवाचेदं सर्वान्परमहृष्टवत् । इदमानीतममृतं निक्षेप्स्यामि कुशेषु वः ॥

atha sarpānuvācedaṃ sarvānparamahṛṣṭavat | idamānītamamṛtaṃ nikṣepsyāmi kuśeṣu vaḥ

Then, overjoyed, he said to all the serpents: "Here is the amrita I have brought. I will set it down for you on the kusha grass.

Note on the text: Wikisource verses 19–20 run Garuda's words, Vinata's reply and Sauti's narration together, with the speaker line सौतिरुवाच printed inside verse 20; they are regrouped here by speaker. This verse = the last two lines of Wikisource 20, after the removed speaker line सौतिरुवाच and stray wiki marks ('); speaker corrected from Vinata to Sauti. = CE 1.30.14cd + 15ab.

Verse 22 (1.34.22)

स्नाता मङ्गलसंयुक्तास्ततः प्राश्नीत पन्नगाः । भवद्भिरिदमासीनैर्यदुक्तं तद्वचस्तदा ॥

snātā maṅgalasaṃyuktāstataḥ prāśnīta pannagāḥ | bhavadbhiridamāsīnairyaduktaṃ tadvacastadā

Bathe and perform the auspicious rites, serpents, and then partake of it. As for the words you spoke when you sat here before:

Note on the text: The first line = CE 1.30.15cd; the second is not in the critical edition (vulgate).

Verse 23 (1.34.23)

अदासी चैव मातेयमद्यप्रभृति चास्तु मे । यथोक्तं भवतामेतद्वचो मे प्रतिपादितम् ॥

adāsī caiva māteyamadyaprabhṛti cāstu me | yathoktaṃ bhavatāmetadvaco me pratipāditam

from this day on let my mother be no longer a slave, for I have done what you asked, exactly as you stated it.

Verse 24 (1.34.24)

ततः स्नातुं गताः सर्पाः प्रत्युक्त्वा तं तथेत्युत । शक्रोऽप्यमृतमाक्षिप्य जगाम त्रिदिवं पुनः ॥

tataḥ snātuṃ gatāḥ sarpāḥ pratyuktvā taṃ tathetyuta | śakro'pyamṛtamākṣipya jagāma tridivaṃ punaḥ

Then the serpents answered him, "So be it," and went off to bathe. Meanwhile Shakra snatched up the amrita and went back to heaven.

Verse 25 (1.34.25)

अथागतास्तमुद्देशं सर्पाः सोमार्थिनस्तदा । स्नाताश्च कृतजप्याश्च प्रहृष्टाः कृतमङ्गलाः ॥

athāgatāstamuddeśaṃ sarpāḥ somārthinastadā | snātāśca kṛtajapyāśca prahṛṣṭāḥ kṛtamaṅgalāḥ

Then the serpents, eager for the soma, came to that place, having bathed, said their prayers and performed the auspicious rites, full of joy.

Note on the text: Corrected कुतजप्याश्च → कृतजप्याश्च (misprint in Wikisource; ु for ृ; CE kṛtajapyāś).

Verse 26 (1.34.26)

परस्परकृतद्वेषाः सोमप्राशनकर्मणि । अहं पूर्वमहं पूर्वमित्युक्त्वा ते समाद्रवन् ॥

parasparakṛtadveṣāḥ somaprāśanakarmaṇi | ahaṃ pūrvamahaṃ pūrvamityuktvā te samādravan

Quarrelling with one another over who would drink the soma first, they rushed forward crying, "Me first! Me first!"

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (a backtick and ।।'). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 27 (1.34.27)

यत्रैतदमृतं चापि स्थापितं कुशसंस्तरे । तद्विज्ञाय हृतं सर्पाः प्रतिमायाकृतं च तत् ॥

yatraitadamṛtaṃ cāpi sthāpitaṃ kuśasaṃstare | tadvijñāya hṛtaṃ sarpāḥ pratimāyākṛtaṃ ca tat

But when the serpents realised that the amrita, which had been placed on the bed of kusha grass, had been carried off, and that this was a trick played in answer to their own,

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (vulgate); the second = CE 1.30.19ab.

Verse 28 (1.34.28)

सोमस्थानमिदं चेति दर्भांस्ते लिलिहुस्तदा । ततो द्विधा कृता जिह्वाः सर्पाणां तेन कर्मणा ॥

somasthānamidaṃ ceti darbhāṃste lilihustadā | tato dvidhā kṛtā jihvāḥ sarpāṇāṃ tena karmaṇā

they licked the darbha grass, thinking, "This is where the soma lay." By that act the serpents' tongues were split in two.

Note on the text: This verse = CE 1.30.19cd + 20ab (variant).

Verse 29 (1.34.29)

अभवंश्चामृतस्पर्शाद्दर्भास्तेऽथ पवित्रिणः । नागाश्च वञ्चिता भूत्वा विसृज्य विनतां ततः । विषादमगमंस्तीव्रं गरुडस्य बलात्प्रभो ॥

abhavaṃścāmṛtasparśāddarbhāste'tha pavitriṇaḥ | nāgāśca vañcitā bhūtvā visṛjya vinatāṃ tataḥ | viṣādamagamaṃstīvraṃ garuḍasya balātprabho

And from the touch of the amrita those darbha grasses became sacred. The serpents, outwitted, released Vinata, and because of Garuda's might they sank into bitter despair, my lord.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (a backtick and ।।') around the last two lines, which are not in the critical edition (vulgate); the first line = CE 1.30.20cd.

Verse 30 (1.34.30)

एवं तदमृतं तेन हृतमाहृतमेव च । द्विजिह्वाश्च कृताः सर्पा गरुडेन महात्मना ॥

evaṃ tadamṛtaṃ tena hṛtamāhṛtameva ca | dvijihvāśca kṛtāḥ sarpā garuḍena mahātmanā

So the amrita was carried off by him and brought here, and the serpents were made forked-tongued by great-souled Garuda.

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

Verse 31 (1.34.31)

ततः सुपर्णः परमप्रहर्षवान् । विहृत्य मात्रा सह तत्र कानने । भुजंगभक्षः परमार्चितः खगैः । अहीनकीर्तिर्विनतामनन्दयत् ॥

tataḥ suparṇaḥ paramapraharṣavān | vihṛtya mātrā saha tatra kānane | bhujaṃgabhakṣaḥ paramārcitaḥ khagaiḥ | ahīnakīrtirvinatāmanandayat

Then Suparna, overjoyed, roamed with his mother in that forest; feeding on serpents, highly honoured by the birds, his fame undiminished, he brought joy to Vinata.

Note on the text: Rejoined words that Wikisource splits across pada lines with hyphens (परमप्रहर्षवा-/न्विहृत्य, खगै-/रहीनकीर्तिः); each pada now ends in its pausal form.

Verse 32 (1.34.32)

इमां कथां यः शृणुयान्नरः सदा । पठेत वा द्विजगणमुख्यसंसदि । असंशयं त्रिदिवमियात्स पुण्यभाक् । महात्मनः पतगपतेः प्रकीर्तनात् ॥

imāṃ kathāṃ yaḥ śṛṇuyānnaraḥ sadā | paṭheta vā dvijagaṇamukhyasaṃsadi | asaṃśayaṃ tridivamiyātsa puṇyabhāk | mahātmanaḥ patagapateḥ prakīrtanāt

Whoever always listens to this story, or recites it in an assembly of the foremost of the twice-born, will without doubt go to heaven, sharing in merit through this praise of the great-souled lord of birds.

Note on the text: Rejoined a word that Wikisource splits across pada lines with a hyphen (पुण्यभा-/ङ्महात्मनः); each pada now ends in its pausal form. = CE 1.30.22 (CE dvijajana° for द्विजगण°), a verse the automatic alignment left unmatched.