Garuda Frees His Mother and Returns the Amrita to Indra

Verse 1 (13.29.1)

ततो वज्रं सहस्राक्षो दृष्ट्वा सक्तं वरायुधम् । ऋषींश्च दृष्ट्वा सहसा सुपर्णमिदमब्रवीत् ॥

tato vajraṃ sahasrākṣo dṛṣṭvā saktaṃ varāyudham | ṛṣīṃśca dṛṣṭvā sahasā suparṇamidamabravīt

Then the thousand-eyed god, seeing his best weapon stuck fast, and seeing the sages, suddenly spoke these words to Suparna.

Note on the text: Removed the speaker heading "`भीष्म उवाच" (with a stray backtick) that had slipped into the verse text; it is made the speaker. Corrected व्रज्रं → वज्रं (misprint in Wikisource; CE vajraṃ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 1A, 13,008.028d@001A_0414-0415); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 2 (13.29.2)

न ते सुपर्ण पश्यामि प्रभावं तेन योधये । इत्युक्ते न मया रक्षा शक्या कर्तुमतोऽन्यथा । इदं वज्रं मया सार्धं निवृत्तं हि यथागतम् ॥

na te suparṇa paśyāmi prabhāvaṃ tena yodhaye | ityukte na mayā rakṣā śakyā kartumato'nyathā | idaṃ vajraṃ mayā sārdhaṃ nivṛttaṃ hi yathāgatam

Suparna, I do not see your power, and so I do battle with you. When this has been said, I cannot offer any protection otherwise. This thunderbolt, together with me, has turned back just as it came.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (App. I No. 1A, 13,008.028d@001A_0416-0418): Wikisource has visibly lost this verse (its labels run 13-29-1 then 13-29-3b, with 2a, 2b and 3a missing). Indra's words after the narrator's "सुपर्णमिदमब्रवीत्"; no printed heading, speaker given from the sense. Three lines, kept as in the CE. Not in the constituted text (vulgate/Appendix I only). The sense of the first two lines is obscure in the CE too.

Verse 3 (13.29.3)

ततः सहस्रनयने निवृत्ते गरुडस्तथा । कद्रूमभ्यगमत्तूर्णममृतं गृह्य भारत ॥

tataḥ sahasranayane nivṛtte garuḍastathā | kadrūmabhyagamattūrṇamamṛtaṃ gṛhya bhārata

When the thousand-eyed god had turned back, Garuda too took the amrita and went quickly to Kadru, O Bharata.

Note on the text: First line restored from the critical edition (App. I No. 1A, 13,008.028d@001A_0419): Wikisource has only the label 13-29-3b (line b). Corrected भारतः → भारत (misprint in Wikisource; stray visarga on the vocative; CE bhārata). Line 2 = App. I No. 1A, 13,008.028d@001A_0420; not in the constituted text (Appendix I).

Verse 4 (13.29.4)

तदाहृतं मया शीघ्रममृतं जननीकृते । अदासी सा भवत्वद्य विनता धर्मचारिणी ॥

tadāhṛtaṃ mayā śīghramamṛtaṃ jananīkṛte | adāsī sā bhavatvadya vinatā dharmacāriṇī

I have swiftly brought that amrita for my mother's sake. Let Vinata, who follows dharma, be a slave no longer from today.

Note on the text: Corrected धर्मिचारिणी → धर्मचारिणी (misprint in Wikisource; CE dharmacāriṇī). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: App. I No. 1A, 13,008.028d@001A_0421-0422 (the CE's heading "कद्रूः" falls before the second line there, the page's heading "गरुड उवाच" covers both lines; the page is followed).

Verse 5 (13.29.5)

स्वागतं स्वाहृतं चेदममृतं विनतात्मज । अदासी जननी तेऽद्य पुत्र कामवशा शुभा ॥

svāgataṃ svāhṛtaṃ cedamamṛtaṃ vinatātmaja | adāsī jananī te'dya putra kāmavaśā śubhā

Welcome, and well brought, son of Vinata, is this amrita. Today your mother is no slave, my son; the fortunate one is free to follow her own will.

Note on the text: The page ends this couplet with a single danda (verse-end mark ।। falls after the next line, 13-29-6a, which is not Kadru's speech); the couplet is closed here and the narrator's line given its own verse. Not in the constituted text: App. I No. 1A, 13,008.028d@001A_0423-0424. Heading "कद्रूरुवाच" kept as the speaker line.

Verse 6 (13.29.6)

एवमुक्ते तदा सा च सम्प्राप्ता विनता गृहम् ॥

evamukte tadā sā ca samprāptā vinatā gṛham

When this was said, Vinata too returned to her home.

Note on the text: Single line: the page's verse-end mark (।।) falls after this line (13-29-6a), so the input's couplet 6a+6b was re-divided at the page's own marks; the input carried the speaker "कद्रू" over (narration; given to Bhishma). Not in the constituted text: App. I No. 1A, 13,008.028d@001A_0425.

Verse 7 (13.29.7)

उपनीय यथान्यायं विहगो बलिनांवरः । स्मृत्वा निकृत्या विजयं मातुः सम्प्रतिपद्य च ॥

upanīya yathānyāyaṃ vihago balināṃvaraḥ | smṛtvā nikṛtyā vijayaṃ mātuḥ sampratipadya ca

Having duly brought it, the bird, best of the strong, remembering his mother's defeat by trickery, and having taken the matter to heart,

Note on the text: Lines re-divided at the page's own verse-end marks (।।): input row 6 (6a+6b) and row 7 (7a+7b) are re-cut as 6b+7a and 7b+8a, etc.; wording unchanged. Speaker "कद्रू" in the input was a carry-over; narration is Bhishma's. The sentence runs on into the next verse. Not in the constituted text: App. I No. 1A, 13,008.028d@001A_0426-0427; line 2 reads सम्प्रतिपद्य च where the CE has saṃpratipadyata (recension variant, kept).

Verse 8 (13.29.8)

वधं च भुजगेन्द्राणां ये वालास्तस्य वाजिनः । बभूवुरसितप्रख्या निकृत्या वै जितं त्वया ॥

vadhaṃ ca bhujagendrāṇāṃ ye vālāstasya vājinaḥ | babhūvurasitaprakhyā nikṛtyā vai jitaṃ tvayā

and the slaughter of the lords of serpents — those who, as the hairs of that horse, had made it look black: "By trickery you have won."

Note on the text: Lines re-divided at the page's verse-end marks (see verse 7); wording unchanged; speaker corrected from "कद्रू" (carry-over) to Bhishma. Not in the constituted text: App. I No. 1A, 13,008.028d@001A_0428-0429. The page's gloss (13-29-1) takes "जितं त्वया" with the next verse, "तामुवाच": Garuda said it to Kadru.

Verse 9 (13.29.9)

तामुवाच ततो न्याय्यं विहगो बलिनांवरः । उज्जहारामृतं तूर्णमुत्पपात च रंहसा ॥

tāmuvāca tato nyāyyaṃ vihago balināṃvaraḥ | ujjahārāmṛtaṃ tūrṇamutpapāta ca raṃhasā

Then the bird, best of the strong, spoke to her what was just; he took up the amrita and flew up swiftly with great speed.

Note on the text: Lines re-divided at the page's verse-end marks (see verse 7). Corrected उञ्जहारामृतं → उज्जहारामृतं (misprint in Wikisource; wrong nasal; CE ujjahārāmṛtaṃ). Speaker corrected from "कद्रू" to Bhishma. Not in the constituted text: App. I No. 1A, 13,008.028d@001A_0430-0431.

Verse 10 (13.29.10)

तद्गृहीत्वाऽमृतं तूर्णं प्रयान्तमपराजितम् । कद्रूर्भुजङ्गजननी सुपर्णमिदमब्रवीत् ॥

tadgṛhītvā'mṛtaṃ tūrṇaṃ prayāntamaparājitam | kadrūrbhujaṅgajananī suparṇamidamabravīt

As the unconquered one was going off, quickly taking that amrita, Kadru, mother of the serpents, said this to Suparna:

Note on the text: Line 1 = the page's second line of row 9 (13-29-9b), re-divided at the verse-end marks (see verse 7). Line 2 restored from the critical edition (App. I No. 1A, 13,008.028d@001A_0433): Wikisource lacks it though its labels show no gap, and without it the participle clause has no main verb and Kadru's speech has no introduction. Speaker corrected from "कद्रू" to Bhishma. Line 1 = App. I No. 1A, 13,008.028d@001A_0432; not in the constituted text (Appendix I).

Verse 11 (13.29.11)

किमर्थं वैनतेय त्वमाहृत्यामृतमुत्तमम् । पुनर्हरसि दुर्बुद्धे मा जातु वृजिनं कृथाः ॥

kimarthaṃ vainateya tvamāhṛtyāmṛtamuttamam | punarharasi durbuddhe mā jātu vṛjinaṃ kṛthāḥ

Why, son of Vinata, having fetched the best of amrita, do you take it away again, foolish one? Never do such wrong!

Note on the text: Corrected पुनर्हरति → पुनर्हरसि (misprint in Wikisource; second person with त्वम्; CE punar harasi) and वृजितं → वृजिनं (misprint; CE vṛjinaṃ). Not in the constituted text: App. I No. 1A, 13,008.028d@001A_0434-0435. Speaker "कद्रू" here is the page's own heading (13-29-5x), now correctly applied to this speech only; speaker_line "कद्रूरुवाच".

Verse 12 (13.29.12)

अमृताहरणं मेऽद्य यत्कृतं जननीकृते । भवत्या वचनादेतदाहरामृतमित्युत ॥

amṛtāharaṇaṃ me'dya yatkṛtaṃ jananīkṛte | bhavatyā vacanādetadāharāmṛtamityuta

That fetching of the amrita which I did today for my mother's sake was at your word: "Bring the amrita."

Note on the text: Page heading is "सुपर्णि उवाच" (13-29-11x): the printed "सुपर्णि" is a misprint for सुपर्ण (CE heading suparṇaḥ); the speaker is Garuda. Not in the constituted text: App. I No. 1A, 13,008.028d@001A_0436-0437.

Verse 13 (13.29.13)

आहृतं तदिदं शीघ्रं मुक्ता च जननी मम । हराम्येष पुनस्तत्र यत एतन्मयाऽऽहृतम् ॥

āhṛtaṃ tadidaṃ śīghraṃ muktā ca jananī mama | harāmyeṣa punastatra yata etanmayā''hṛtam

That has been brought quickly, and my mother is freed. Now I shall take it back to the place from which I brought it.

Note on the text: Page heading is "सुपर्णि उवाच" (13-29-11x): the printed "सुपर्णि" is a misprint for सुपर्ण (CE heading suparṇaḥ); the speaker is Garuda. Not in the constituted text: App. I No. 1A, 13,008.028d@001A_0438-0439.

Verse 14 (13.29.14)

यदि मां भवती ब्रूयादमृतं मे च दीयताम् । तथा कुर्यां न वा कुर्यां न हि त्वममृतक्षमा । मया धर्मेण सत्येन विनता च समुद्धृता ॥

yadi māṃ bhavatī brūyādamṛtaṃ me ca dīyatām | tathā kuryāṃ na vā kuryāṃ na hi tvamamṛtakṣamā | mayā dharmeṇa satyena vinatā ca samuddhṛtā

If you were to say to me, "Let the amrita be given to me," I might do it or I might not; for you are not fit for the amrita. By dharma and by truth I have rescued Vinata.

Note on the text: Page heading is "सुपर्णि उवाच" (13-29-11x): the printed "सुपर्णि" is a misprint for सुपर्ण (CE heading suparṇaḥ); the speaker is Garuda. Not in the constituted text: App. I No. 1A, 13,008.028d@001A_0440-0442. Three-line verse (13-29-13a/b/c); CE puts the heading "भीष्मः" before the third line, but the page's heading "भीष्म उवाच" comes after it, and the page is followed.

Verse 15 (13.29.15)

ततो गत्वाऽथ गरुडः पुरन्दरमुवाच ह । इदं मया वृत्रहन्तर्हृतं तेऽमृतमुत्तमम् । मात्रर्थे हि तथैवेदं गृहाणामृतमाहृतम् ॥

tato gatvā'tha garuḍaḥ purandaramuvāca ha | idaṃ mayā vṛtrahantarhṛtaṃ te'mṛtamuttamam | mātrarthe hi tathaivedaṃ gṛhāṇāmṛtamāhṛtam

Then Garuda went and said to Purandara: "O slayer of Vritra, this best amrita of yours was carried off by me. It was brought for my mother's sake; take back the amrita that has been brought.

Note on the text: Three-line verse (13-29-14a/b/c). Lines 2-3 are Garuda's speech, continued in the next verse; the verse is kept with the narrator's heading. Not in the constituted text: App. I No. 1A, 13,008.028d@001A_0443-0445.

Verse 16 (13.29.16)

माता च मम देवेश दासीत्वमुपजग्मुषी । भुजङ्गमानां मातुर्वै सा मुक्ताऽमृतदर्शनात् ॥

mātā ca mama deveśa dāsītvamupajagmuṣī | bhujaṅgamānāṃ māturvai sā muktā'mṛtadarśanāt

My mother, O lord of the gods, had fallen into slavery to the mother of the serpents; she was set free on their seeing the amrita."

Note on the text: Garuda's speech fills the verse, though the page's heading is "भीष्म उवाच" (13-29-14x); given to Garuda. Not in the constituted text: App. I No. 1A, 13,008.028d@001A_0446-0447.

Verse 17 (13.29.17)

एतच्छ्रुत्वा सहस्राक्षः सुपर्णमनुमन्यते । उवाच च मुदा युक्तो दिष्ट्यादिष्ट्येति वासवः ॥

etacchrutvā sahasrākṣaḥ suparṇamanumanyate | uvāca ca mudā yukto diṣṭyādiṣṭyeti vāsavaḥ

Hearing this, the thousand-eyed god approved of Suparna, and Vasava, filled with joy, said, "By good fortune! By good fortune!"

Note on the text: Not in the constituted text: App. I No. 1A, 13,008.028d@001A_0448-0449.

Verse 18 (13.29.18)

ऋषयो ये सहस्राक्षमुपासन्ति सुरैः सह । ते सर्वे च मुदा युक्ता विश्वेदेवास्तथैव च ॥

ṛṣayo ye sahasrākṣamupāsanti suraiḥ saha | te sarve ca mudā yuktā viśvedevāstathaiva ca

The sages who attend the thousand-eyed god along with the gods, and the Vishvedevas as well, were all filled with joy.

Note on the text: Corrected क्रषयो → ऋषयो (misprint in Wikisource; CE ṛṣayo). Not in the constituted text: App. I No. 1A, 13,008.028d@001A_0450-0451.

Verse 19 (13.29.19)

ततस्तमृषयः सर्वे देवाश्च भरतर्षभ । ऊचुः पुरन्दरं हृष्टा गरुडो लभतां वरम् ॥

tatastamṛṣayaḥ sarve devāśca bharatarṣabha | ūcuḥ purandaraṃ hṛṣṭā garuḍo labhatāṃ varam

Then, O best of the Bharatas, all the sages and the gods, glad, said to Purandara, "Let Garuda receive a boon."

Note on the text: Corrected दृष्टा → हृष्टा (misprint in Wikisource; CE hṛṣṭā). Not in the constituted text: App. I No. 1A, 13,008.028d@001A_0452-0453.

Verse 20 (13.29.20)

ततः शचीपतिर्वाक्यमुवाच प्रहसन्निव । जनिष्यति हृषीकेशः स्वयमेवैष पक्षिराट् ॥

tataḥ śacīpatirvākyamuvāca prahasanniva | janiṣyati hṛṣīkeśaḥ svayamevaiṣa pakṣirāṭ

Then the lord of Shachi spoke, smiling as it were: "Hrishikesha will be born, and this king of birds himself with him.

Note on the text: The verse opens with the narrator and continues with Indra's speech; kept with the page's heading. Not in the constituted text: App. I No. 1A, 13,008.028d@001A_0454-0455.

Verse 21 (13.29.21)

केशवः पुण्डरीकाक्षः शूरपुत्रस्य वेश्मनि । स्वयं धर्मस्य रक्षार्थं विभज्य भुजगाशनः ॥

keśavaḥ puṇḍarīkākṣaḥ śūraputrasya veśmani | svayaṃ dharmasya rakṣārthaṃ vibhajya bhujagāśanaḥ

Keshava, the lotus-eyed, will be born in the house of Shura's son, himself, for the protection of dharma; and the eater of serpents, having divided himself."

Note on the text: Indra's speech continues through the whole verse; no printed heading, given to Indra. Not in the constituted text: App. I No. 1A, 13,008.028d@001A_0456-0457. The second half (विभज्य भुजगाशनः) is obscure in the CE as well.

Verse 22 (13.29.22)

एष ते पाण्डवश्रेष्ठ गरुडोऽथ पतत्रिराट् । सुपर्णो वैनतेयश्च कीर्तितो भद्रमस्तु ते ॥

eṣa te pāṇḍavaśreṣṭha garuḍo'tha patatrirāṭ | suparṇo vainateyaśca kīrtito bhadramastu te

This, best of the Pandavas, is Garuda, king of birds, who is called Suparna and Vainateya. May good be yours.

Note on the text: Not in the constituted text: App. I No. 1A, 13,008.028d@001A_0458-0459.

Verse 23 (13.29.23)

तदेतद्भरतश्रेष्ठ मयाऽऽख्यानं प्रकीर्तितम् । सुपर्णस्य महाबाहो किं भूयः कथयामि ते ॥

tadetadbharataśreṣṭha mayā''khyānaṃ prakīrtitam | suparṇasya mahābāho kiṃ bhūyaḥ kathayāmi te

Thus, best of the Bharatas, the story of Suparna has been told by me. What more shall I tell you, mighty-armed one?

Note on the text: Removed a stray "।।'" (closing quote mark) before the verse-end mark. Line 1 reads भरतश्रेष्ठ where the CE has "ददतां श्रेष्ठ" (recension variant, kept). Not in the constituted text: App. I No. 1A, 13,008.028d@001A_0460-0461. The page's colophon calls this adhyaya एकोनविंश (a misprint for एकोनत्रिंश).