Narada Tells Garuda of His Mother's Slavery

Verse 1 (13.24.1)

ततः कद्रूर्हसन्ती च विनतां धर्मचारिणीम् । दासीवत्प्रेषयामास सा च सर्वं चकार तत् ॥

tataḥ kadrūrhasantī ca vinatāṃ dharmacāriṇīm | dāsīvatpreṣayāmāsa sā ca sarvaṃ cakāra tat

Then Kadru, laughing, sent the righteous Vinata about like a slave, and Vinata did everything she was told.

Note on the text: Removed the speaker heading "भीष्म उवाच" (with a stray backtick) printed as the first line of the verse text; it is made the speaker. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 160-161, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0160-0161.

Verse 2 (13.24.2)

न विवर्णा न संक्षुब्धा न च क्रुद्धा न दुःखिता । प्रेष्यकर्म चकारास्या विनता कमलेक्षणा ॥

na vivarṇā na saṃkṣubdhā na ca kruddhā na duḥkhitā | preṣyakarma cakārāsyā vinatā kamalekṣaṇā

Neither pale nor distressed, neither angry nor sad, lotus-eyed Vinata did Kadru's service.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 162-163, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0162-0163.

Verse 3 (13.24.3)

इमा दिशश्चतस्रोऽस्याः प्रेष्यभावेन वर्तिताः । अथ स्म वैनतेयं वै बलदर्पौ समीयतुः ॥

imā diśaścatasro'syāḥ preṣyabhāvena vartitāḥ | atha sma vainateyaṃ vai baladarpau samīyatuḥ

In her servitude she was made to go about all these four quarters. Then strength and pride took hold of Vinata's son.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 164-165, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0164-0165.

Verse 4 (13.24.4)

तं दर्पवशमापन्नं परिधावन्तमन्तिकात् । ददर्श नारदो राजन्देवर्षिर्दर्पसंयुतम् ॥

taṃ darpavaśamāpannaṃ paridhāvantamantikāt | dadarśa nārado rājandevarṣirdarpasaṃyutam

O king, the divine sage Narada saw him, swollen with pride and under its sway, running about near him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 166-167, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0166-0167.

Verse 5 (13.24.5)

तमब्रवीच्च देवर्षिर्नारदः प्रहसन्निव । किं दर्पवशमापन्नो न वै पश्यसि मातरम् ॥

tamabravīcca devarṣirnāradaḥ prahasanniva | kiṃ darpavaśamāpanno na vai paśyasi mātaram

Then the divine sage Narada, as if laughing, said to him, "Why, carried away by pride, do you not see your mother?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 168-169, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0168-0169.

Verse 6 (13.24.6)

बलेन दृप्तः सततमहंमानकृतः सदा । दासीं पन्नगराजस्य मातुरन्तर्गृहे सतीम् ॥

balena dṛptaḥ satatamahaṃmānakṛtaḥ sadā | dāsīṃ pannagarājasya māturantargṛhe satīm

You are always puffed up with your strength, always full of self-conceit, while she, a virtuous woman, is a slave in the inner house of the mother of the serpent king."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 170-171, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0170-0171.

Verse 7 (13.24.7)

तमब्रवीद्वैनतेयः कर्म किं तन्महामते । जनयित्री मयि सुते जाता दासी तपस्विनी ॥

tamabravīdvainateyaḥ karma kiṃ tanmahāmate | janayitrī mayi sute jātā dāsī tapasvinī

Vainateya said to him, "What is that deed, O wise one? How has my mother, poor soul, become a slave, while I am her son?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 172-173, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0172-0173.

Verse 8 (13.24.8)

अथाब्रवीदृषिर्वाक्यं दीव्यती विजिता खग । निकृत्या पन्नगेन्द्रस्य मात्रा पुत्रैः पुरा सह ॥

athābravīdṛṣirvākyaṃ dīvyatī vijitā khaga | nikṛtyā pannagendrasya mātrā putraiḥ purā saha

Then the sage said, "She was wagering and was defeated, O bird, by deceit, long ago, by the mother of the serpent king together with her sons."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 174-175, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0174-0175.

Verse 9 (13.24.9)

कथं जिता निकृत्या सा भगवञ्जननी मम । ब्रूहि तन्मे यथावृत्तं श्रुत्वा वेत्स्ये ततः परम् ॥

kathaṃ jitā nikṛtyā sā bhagavañjananī mama | brūhi tanme yathāvṛttaṃ śrutvā vetsye tataḥ param

"How was my mother defeated by deceit, venerable one? Tell me exactly what happened; having heard it, I shall know what comes next."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 176-177, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0176-0177.

Verse 10 (13.24.10)

ततस्तस्य यथावृत्तं सर्वं तन्नारदस्तदा । आचख्यौ भरतश्रेष्ठ यथावृत्तं पतत्रिणः ॥

tatastasya yathāvṛttaṃ sarvaṃ tannāradastadā | ācakhyau bharataśreṣṭha yathāvṛttaṃ patatriṇaḥ

Then Narada told the bird all that had happened, exactly as it had occurred, O best of the Bharatas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 178-179, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0178-0179.

Verse 11 (13.24.11)

तच्छ्रुत्वा वैनतेयस्य कोपो हृदि समाविशत् । जगर्हे पन्नगान्सर्वान्मात्रा सह परंतपः ॥

tacchrutvā vainateyasya kopo hṛdi samāviśat | jagarhe pannagānsarvānmātrā saha paraṃtapaḥ

Hearing this, anger entered the heart of Vainateya, and that scourge of enemies denounced all the serpents together with their mother.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 180-181, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0180-0181.

Verse 12 (13.24.12)

ततस्तु रोषाद्दुःखाच्च तूर्णमुत्पत्य पक्षिराट् । जगाम यत्र माताऽस्य कृच्छ्रे महति वर्तते ॥

tatastu roṣādduḥkhācca tūrṇamutpatya pakṣirāṭ | jagāma yatra mātā'sya kṛcchre mahati vartate

Then, in anger and in grief, the king of birds flew up quickly and went to where his mother was living in great distress.

Note on the text: Corrected तूर्णमुत्पत्यक पक्षिराट् → तूर्णमुत्पत्य पक्षिराट् (misprint in Wikisource; stray syllable क; CE utpatya pakṣirāṭ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 182-183, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0182-0183.

Verse 13 (13.24.13)

तत्रापश्यत्ततो दीनां जटिलां मलिनां कृशाम् । तोयदेन प्रतिच्छन्नां सूर्याभामिव मातरम् ॥

tatrāpaśyattato dīnāṃ jaṭilāṃ malināṃ kṛśām | toyadena praticchannāṃ sūryābhāmiva mātaram

There he saw his mother, forlorn, matted-haired, dirty and thin, like the radiance of the sun hidden by a cloud.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 184-185, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0184-0185.

Verse 14 (13.24.14)

तस्य दुःखाच्च रोषाच्च नेत्राभ्यामश्रु चास्रवत् । प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च पौरुषे प्रतितस्थुषः ॥

tasya duḥkhācca roṣācca netrābhyāmaśru cāsravat | pravṛttiṃ ca nivṛttiṃ ca pauruṣe pratitasthuṣaḥ

From grief and anger tears flowed from the eyes of him who stood firm in manly strength both in action and in restraint.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 186-187, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0186-0187.

Verse 15 (13.24.15)

अनुक्त्वा मातरं किञ्चित्पतत्रिवरपुङ्गवः । कद्रूमेव स धर्मात्मा वचनं प्रत्यभाषत ॥

anuktvā mātaraṃ kiñcitpatatrivarapuṅgavaḥ | kadrūmeva sa dharmātmā vacanaṃ pratyabhāṣata

Saying nothing to his mother, that bull among the best of birds, a man of dharma, spoke to Kadru herself.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 188-189, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0188-0189.

Verse 16 (13.24.16)

यदि धर्मेण मे माता जिता यद्यप्यधर्मतः । ज्येष्ठा त्वमसि मे माता धर्मः सर्वः स मे मतः ॥

yadi dharmeṇa me mātā jitā yadyapyadharmataḥ | jyeṣṭhā tvamasi me mātā dharmaḥ sarvaḥ sa me mataḥ

"Whether my mother was defeated rightly or even wrongly, you are my elder mother, and I hold all of it to be dharma.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 190-191, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0190-0191.

Verse 17 (13.24.17)

इयं तु मे स्यात्कृपणा मयि पुत्रेऽम्ब दुःखिता । अनुजानीहि तां साधु मत्कृते धर्मदर्शिनि ॥

iyaṃ tu me syātkṛpaṇā mayi putre'mba duḥkhitā | anujānīhi tāṃ sādhu matkṛte dharmadarśini

But she is wretched and grieving, Mother, though she has a son in me. Pray give her leave to go, for my sake, you who see what is right."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 192-193, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0192-0193.

Verse 18 (13.24.18)

कद्रूः श्रुत्वास्य तद्वाक्यं वैनतेयस्य धीमतः । उवाच वाक्यं दुष्प्रज्ञा परीता दुःखमूर्च्छिता ॥

kadrūḥ śrutvāsya tadvākyaṃ vainateyasya dhīmataḥ | uvāca vākyaṃ duṣprajñā parītā duḥkhamūrcchitā

Hearing the words of wise Vainateya, Kadru, ill-minded, gripped by distress and benumbed with sorrow, replied.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 194-195, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0194-0195.

Verse 19 (13.24.19)

नाहं तव न ते मातुर्वैनतेय कथञ्चन । कुर्यां प्रियमनिष्टात्मा मां ब्रवीषि खग द्विज ॥

nāhaṃ tava na te māturvainateya kathañcana | kuryāṃ priyamaniṣṭātmā māṃ bravīṣi khaga dvija

"Vainateya, I, with a heart set against you, will never in any way do anything to please you or your mother. And you speak to me thus, O bird, O twice-born?"

Note on the text: Corrected खग द्विजा → खग द्विज (misprint in Wikisource; vocative द्विजा is not valid; CE khaga dvija). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 196-197, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0196-0197.

Verse 20 (13.24.20)

तां तदा ब्रुवतीं वाक्यमनिष्टं क्रूरभाषिणीम् । दारुणां सूनृताभिस्तामनुनेतुं प्रचक्रमे ॥

tāṃ tadā bruvatīṃ vākyamaniṣṭaṃ krūrabhāṣiṇīm | dāruṇāṃ sūnṛtābhistāmanunetuṃ pracakrame

As she spoke these unkind words, harsh and cruel, he began to try to win her over with gentle and truthful speech.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 198-199, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0198-0199.

Verse 21 (13.24.21)

ज्येष्ठा त्वमसि कल्याणि मातुर्मे भामिनि प्रिया । सोदर्या मम चासि त्वं ज्येष्ठा माता न संशयः ॥

jyeṣṭhā tvamasi kalyāṇi māturme bhāmini priyā | sodaryā mama cāsi tvaṃ jyeṣṭhā mātā na saṃśayaḥ

"Gracious lady, you are my mother's elder and dear to her. You were born of the same womb as my mother, and you are, without doubt, my elder mother.

Note on the text: Removed the speaker heading "गरुड रुवाच" printed as the first line of the verse text; it is made the speaker. (The heading itself is misprinted रुवाच for उवाच.) Corrected सोदर्यी → सोदर्या (misprint in Wikisource; the form सोदर्यी is not valid; CE sodaryā). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 200-201, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0200-0201.

Verse 22 (13.24.22)

विहङ्गम यथाकामं गच्छ कामगम द्विज । सूनृताभिस्त्वया माता नादासी शक्यमण्डज ॥

vihaṅgama yathākāmaṃ gaccha kāmagama dvija | sūnṛtābhistvayā mātā nādāsī śakyamaṇḍaja

Go as you please, O bird, O twice-born who goes where he wills. But, O egg-born, your mother cannot be freed from slavery by gentle words alone.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 202-203, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0202-0203.

Verse 23 (13.24.23)

अमृतं यद्याहरेस्त्वं विहङ्ग जननीं तव । अदासीं मम पश्येमां वैनतेय न संशयः ॥

amṛtaṃ yadyāharestvaṃ vihaṅga jananīṃ tava | adāsīṃ mama paśyemāṃ vainateya na saṃśayaḥ

If you bring the nectar of immortality, O bird, you will see your mother here free from slavery to me, Vainateya; there is no doubt."

Note on the text: Corrected विहङ्गं जननीं → विहङ्ग जननीं (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara on the vocative; CE vihaṃga jananīṃ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 204-205, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0204-0205.