The Birth of Garuda and the Wager of Kadru and Vinata

Verse 1 (13.21.1)

विनता पुत्रशोकार्ता शापाद्भीता च भारत । प्रतीक्षते स्म तं कालं यः पुत्रोक्तस्तदाऽभवत् ॥

vinatā putraśokārtā śāpādbhītā ca bhārata | pratīkṣate sma taṃ kālaṃ yaḥ putroktastadā'bhavat

Vinata, afflicted by grief for her son and afraid of the curse, O Bharata, waited for the time that her son had then foretold.

Note on the text: The speaker heading (`भीष्म उवाच) slipped into the text; removed from the verse and made the speaker (the page's heading carries a stray backtick, 13-21-1x, so the parser left the speaker empty). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 60-61 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 1A, printed after the end of No. 1 as 13.8.28d@001A_0060-0061); Wikisource divides it into verses differently. It continues adhyaya 20. The four summary lines printed above the page's table are not verses and are not added.

Verse 2 (13.21.2)

ततोऽप्यतीते पञ्चशते वर्षाणां कालसंयुगे । गरुडोऽथ महावीर्यो जज्ञे भुजगभुग्बली ॥

tato'pyatīte pañcaśate varṣāṇāṃ kālasaṃyuge | garuḍo'tha mahāvīryo jajñe bhujagabhugbalī

Then, when five hundred years more had passed at the turning of the age, Garuda, of great might, the strong eater of serpents, was born.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 62-63 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 1A, printed after the end of No. 1 as 13.8.28d@001A_0062-0063); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 3 (13.21.3)

बन्धुरास्यः शिखी पत्रकोशः कूर्मनखो महान् । रक्ताक्षः संहतग्रीवो ह्रस्वपादो महाशिराः ॥

bandhurāsyaḥ śikhī patrakośaḥ kūrmanakho mahān | raktākṣaḥ saṃhatagrīvo hrasvapādo mahāśirāḥ

He had a curved face, a crest, a covering of feathers, claws like a tortoise's, and a mighty frame; red eyes, a thick neck, short feet, and a huge head.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 64-65 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 1A, printed after the end of No. 1 as 13.8.28d@001A_0064-0065); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 4 (13.21.4)

यस्त्वण्डात्स विनिर्भिन्नो निष्क्रान्तो भरतर्षभ । विनतापूर्वजः पुत्रः सोऽरुणो दृश्यते दिवि ॥

yastvaṇḍātsa vinirbhinno niṣkrānto bharatarṣabha | vinatāpūrvajaḥ putraḥ so'ruṇo dṛśyate divi

The one who burst out of the egg and came forth, O best of the Bharatas, Vinata's elder son, is Aruna, who is seen in the sky.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 66-67 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 1A, printed after the end of No. 1 as 13.8.28d@001A_0066-0067); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 5 (13.21.5)

पूर्वां दिशामभिप्रेत्य सूर्यस्योदयनं प्रति । अरुणोऽरुणसंकाशो नाम्ना चैवारुणः स्मृतः ॥

pūrvāṃ diśāmabhipretya sūryasyodayanaṃ prati | aruṇo'ruṇasaṃkāśo nāmnā caivāruṇaḥ smṛtaḥ

Red as the dawn, he is remembered by the name Aruna, as he turns to the east, towards the sun's rising.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 68-69 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 1A, printed after the end of No. 1 as 13.8.28d@001A_0068-0069); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 6 (13.21.6)

जातमात्रस्तु विहगो गरुडः पन्नगाशनः । विहाय मातरं क्षिप्रमगमत्सर्वतो दिशः ॥

jātamātrastu vihago garuḍaḥ pannagāśanaḥ | vihāya mātaraṃ kṣipramagamatsarvato diśaḥ

As soon as he was born, the bird Garuda, devourer of serpents, left his mother and quickly went off in every direction.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 70-71 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 1A, printed after the end of No. 1 as 13.8.28d@001A_0070-0071); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 7 (13.21.7)

स तदा ववृधेऽतीव सर्वकामैरथार्चितः । पितामहविसृष्टेन भोजनेन विशांपते ॥

sa tadā vavṛdhe'tīva sarvakāmairathārcitaḥ | pitāmahavisṛṣṭena bhojanena viśāṃpate

Then he grew greatly, honoured with everything he desired, with the food that the Grandsire had provided, O lord of the people.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 72-73 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 1A, printed after the end of No. 1 as 13.8.28d@001A_0072-0073); Wikisource divides it into verses differently. Corrected सर्वकामैः कदाऽर्चितः → सर्वकामैरथार्चितः (misprint in Wikisource; कदा for अथ, which gives no sense, as in the critical edition's sarvakāmair athārcitaḥ).

Verse 8 (13.21.8)

तस्मिंश्च विहगे तत्र यथाकामं विवर्धति । कद्रूश्च विनता चैवागच्छतां सागरं प्रति ॥

tasmiṃśca vihage tatra yathākāmaṃ vivardhati | kadrūśca vinatā caivāgacchatāṃ sāgaraṃ prati

While that bird grew there as he pleased, Kadru and Vinata went down to the sea.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 74-75 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 1A, printed after the end of No. 1 as 13.8.28d@001A_0074-0075); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 9 (13.21.9)

ददृशाते तु ते यान्तमुच्चैश्श्रवसमन्तिकात् । स्नात्वोपवृत्तं त्वरितं पीतवन्तं च वाजिनम् ॥

dadṛśāte tu te yāntamuccaiśśravasamantikāt | snātvopavṛttaṃ tvaritaṃ pītavantaṃ ca vājinam

The two saw the horse Uccaihshravas coming from close by, after he had bathed, turned back and quickly drunk.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 76-77 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 1A, printed after the end of No. 1 as 13.8.28d@001A_0076-0077); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 10 (13.21.10)

ततः कद्रूर्हसन्त्येव विनतामिदमब्रवीत् । हयस्य वर्णः को न्वत्र ब्रूहि यस्ते मतः शुभे ॥

tataḥ kadrūrhasantyeva vinatāmidamabravīt | hayasya varṇaḥ ko nvatra brūhi yaste mataḥ śubhe

Then Kadru, laughing, said to Vinata: 'What colour do you hold this horse to be? Tell me, fair one.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 78-79 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 1A, printed after the end of No. 1 as 13.8.28d@001A_0078-0079); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 11 (13.21.11)

एकवर्णो हयो राज्ञि सर्वश्वेतो मतो मम । वर्णं वा कीदृशं तस्य मन्यसे त्वं मनस्विनि ॥

ekavarṇo hayo rājñi sarvaśveto mato mama | varṇaṃ vā kīdṛśaṃ tasya manyase tvaṃ manasvini

'The horse is of a single colour, O queen, wholly white, so I hold. And what colour do you hold it to be, O proud lady?'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 80-81 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 1A, printed after the end of No. 1 as 13.8.28d@001A_0080-0081); Wikisource divides it into verses differently. Corrected मन्यते त्वम् → मन्यसे त्वम् (misprint in Wikisource; third-person ending against the second-person त्वम्, as in the critical edition's manyase tvam).

Verse 12 (13.21.12)

सर्वश्वेतो मतस्तुभ्यं य एष हयसत्तमः । ब्रूहि कल्याणि दीव्यावो वर्णान्यत्वेन भामिनि ॥

sarvaśveto matastubhyaṃ ya eṣa hayasattamaḥ | brūhi kalyāṇi dīvyāvo varṇānyatvena bhāmini

'You hold this best of horses to be wholly white. Say, fair one, let us wager on its colour being otherwise, O beautiful lady.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 82-83 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 1A, printed after the end of No. 1 as 13.8.28d@001A_0082-0083); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 13 (13.21.13)

यद्यार्ये दीव्यसि त्वं मे कः पणो नो भविष्यति । सा तज्ज्ञात्वा पणेयं वै ज्ञात्वा तु विपणे त्वया ॥

yadyārye dīvyasi tvaṃ me kaḥ paṇo no bhaviṣyati | sā tajjñātvā paṇeyaṃ vai jñātvā tu vipaṇe tvayā

'If you are playing with me, noble lady, what will our stake be? Once I know that, I shall lay the wager, and, knowing it, I shall bet against you.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 84-85 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 1A, printed after the end of No. 1 as 13.8.28d@001A_0084-0085); Wikisource divides it into verses differently. The line 'sā taj jñātvā paṇeyaṃ vai jñātvā tu vipaṇe tvayā' is obscure in the CE as well; the translation takes it as Vinata's acceptance of the wager.

Verse 14 (13.21.14)

जिता दासी भवेर्मे त्वमहं चाप्यसितेक्षणे । नैकवर्णैकवर्णत्वे विनते रोचते च ते ॥

jitā dāsī bhaverme tvamahaṃ cāpyasitekṣaṇe | naikavarṇaikavarṇatve vinate rocate ca te

'Whoever loses is to be the other's slave: you mine, or I yours, O dark-eyed one. As to the horse being of one colour or not of one colour, does that please you, Vinata?'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 86-87 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 1A, printed after the end of No. 1 as 13.8.28d@001A_0086-0087); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 15 (13.21.15)

रोचते मे पणे राज्ञि दासीत्वेन न संशयः । सत्यमातिष्ठ भद्रं ते सत्ये स्थास्यामि चाप्यहम् ॥

rocate me paṇe rājñi dāsītvena na saṃśayaḥ | satyamātiṣṭha bhadraṃ te satye sthāsyāmi cāpyaham

'The wager pleases me, O queen, with slavery as the stake, without doubt. Hold to the truth, good fortune to you; I too shall hold to the truth.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 88-89 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 1A, printed after the end of No. 1 as 13.8.28d@001A_0088-0089); Wikisource divides it into verses differently. The page prints no heading for this verse, and the parser carried Kadru over from the previous heading; it is Vinata's answer to Kadru's question (the verse addresses Kadru as राज्ञि, and the next line in the CE, 13.8.28d@001A_0090, is the narrator's statement that Vinata agreed to the wager), so it is given to Vinata. Removed the closing quote (') that Wikisource prints after the last word, closing the passage opened with a backtick in the heading of 21.1. The page ends here, without the CE's following lines (13.8.28d@001A_0090 ff.).