Garuda's Pride Is Humbled; Kanva Curses Duryodhana

Verse 1 (5.105.1)

गरुडस्तत्र शुश्राव यथावृत्तं महाबलः । आयुःप्रदानं शक्रेण कृतं नागस्य भारत ॥

garuḍastatra śuśrāva yathāvṛttaṃ mahābalaḥ | āyuḥpradānaṃ śakreṇa kṛtaṃ nāgasya bhārata

Garuda, the mighty, heard there all that had happened, O Bharata: the gift of life that Shakra had made to the serpent.

Verse 2 (5.105.2)

पक्षवातेन महता रुद्ध्वा त्रिभुवनं खगः । सुपर्णः परमक्रुद्धो वासवं समुपाद्रवत् ॥

pakṣavātena mahatā ruddhvā tribhuvanaṃ khagaḥ | suparṇaḥ paramakruddho vāsavaṃ samupādravat

Blocking the three worlds with the mighty wind of his wings, the bird Suparna, in towering rage, rushed at Vasava.

Verse 3 (5.105.3)

भगवन्किमवज्ञानाद्वृत्तिः प्रतिहता मम । कामकारवरं दत्त्वा पुनश्चलितवानसि ॥

bhagavankimavajñānādvṛttiḥ pratihatā mama | kāmakāravaraṃ dattvā punaścalitavānasi

Lord, why, out of contempt for me, have you cut off my livelihood? Having granted me the boon of acting as I please, you have now gone back on it.

Verse 4 (5.105.4)

निसर्गात्सर्वभूतानां सर्वभूतेश्वरेण मे । आहारो विहितो धात्रा किमर्थं वार्यते त्वया ॥

nisargātsarvabhūtānāṃ sarvabhūteśvareṇa me | āhāro vihito dhātrā kimarthaṃ vāryate tvayā

From the beginning of creation the Ordainer, lord of all beings, appointed my food for me from among all beings. Why do you keep it from me?

Verse 5 (5.105.5)

वृतश्चैष महानागः स्थापितः समयश्च मे । अनेन च मया देव भर्तव्यः प्रसवो महान् ॥

vṛtaścaiṣa mahānāgaḥ sthāpitaḥ samayaśca me | anena ca mayā deva bhartavyaḥ prasavo mahān

I had picked out this great serpent and fixed the time for it; with him, O god, I was to feed my large brood.

Verse 6 (5.105.6)

एतस्मिंस्तु तथाभूते नान्यं हिंसितुमुत्सहे । क्रीडसे कामकारेण देवराज यथेच्छकम् ॥

etasmiṃstu tathābhūte nānyaṃ hiṃsitumutsahe | krīḍase kāmakāreṇa devarāja yathecchakam

Now that it has turned out thus, I cannot bring myself to kill another. You sport as you please, king of the gods, doing just as you like.

Verse 7 (5.105.7)

सोऽहं प्राणान्विमोक्ष्यामि तथा परिजनो मम । ये च भृत्या मम गृहे प्रीतिमान्भव वासव ॥

so'haṃ prāṇānvimokṣyāmi tathā parijano mama | ye ca bhṛtyā mama gṛhe prītimānbhava vāsava

So I shall give up my life, and so will my household and the servants in my house. Be content, Vasava!

Verse 8 (5.105.8)

श्रुत्वा सुपर्णवचनं सुमुखो दुर्मुखस्तदा । त्यक्त्वा रूपं विवर्णस्तु सर्परूपधरोऽभवत् । गत्वा विष्णुसमीपं तु पादपीठं समाश्लिषत् ॥

śrutvā suparṇavacanaṃ sumukho durmukhastadā | tyaktvā rūpaṃ vivarṇastu sarparūpadharo'bhavat | gatvā viṣṇusamīpaṃ tu pādapīṭhaṃ samāśliṣat

Hearing Suparna's words, Sumukha, his face now fallen, cast off his form and, pale, took the shape of a snake; he went to Vishnu and clung to his footstool.

Note on the text: The speaker heading कण्व उवाच, which had slipped into the verse text, is made the speaker; stray wiki mark (backtick) removed. Not in the critical edition's text: these lines are its star passage 5.103.7d*0442, lines 1–3 (Wikisource marks them as an insertion).

Verse 9 (5.105.9)

न मत्कृतं वैनतेय न मां क्रोद्धुं त्वमर्हसि ॥

na matkṛtaṃ vainateya na māṃ kroddhuṃ tvamarhasi

It was not my doing, son of Vinata; you should not be angry with me.

Note on the text: Wikisource's verse 9 is split here: its first line is Indra's reply, under the printed heading इन्द्र उवाच; the two lines that follow are narration and are given to Kanva as a separate verse. Not in the critical edition's text: it is its star passage 5.103.7d*0442, line 4 (reading na mayā kṛtaṃ).

Verse 10 (5.105.10)

दत्ताभयः स सुमुखो विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना । श्रुत्वा पुरन्दरेणोक्तमुवाच विनतासुतः ॥

dattābhayaḥ sa sumukho viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā | śrutvā purandareṇoktamuvāca vinatāsutaḥ

Sumukha was given protection by the mighty Vishnu. Hearing what Purandara had said, the son of Vinata spoke:

Note on the text: Second half of Wikisource's verse 9, split off at the change from Indra's words to narration (no heading is printed; the tale is Kanva's). Corrected श्रत्वा → श्रुत्वा (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign; the CE reads śrutvā); stray wiki marks (quote mark and doubled danda) removed. Not in the critical edition's text: it is its star passage 5.103.7d*0442, lines 5–6.

Verse 11 (5.105.11)

एतच्चैवाहमर्हामि भूयश्च बलवृत्रहन् । त्रैलोक्यस्येश्वरो योऽहं परभृत्यत्वमागतः ॥

etaccaivāhamarhāmi bhūyaśca balavṛtrahan | trailokyasyeśvaro yo'haṃ parabhṛtyatvamāgataḥ

I deserve this, and more, slayer of Bala and Vritra — I who could be lord of the three worlds, yet have become the servant of another.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Garuda: his reply to Indra, announced at the end of verse 9, fills verses 10–19 with no printed heading in Wikisource (nor in the critical edition); the input carried इन्द्र over.

Verse 12 (5.105.12)

त्वयि तिष्ठति देवेश न विष्णुः कारणं मम । त्रैलोक्यराजराज्यं हि त्वयि वासव शाश्वतम् ॥

tvayi tiṣṭhati deveśa na viṣṇuḥ kāraṇaṃ mama | trailokyarājarājyaṃ hi tvayi vāsava śāśvatam

While you stand there, lord of the gods, Vishnu is not to blame for my plight; for sovereignty over the kings of the three worlds rests in you for ever, Vasava.

Verse 13 (5.105.13)

ममापि दक्षस्य सुता जननी कश्यपः पिता । अहमत्युत्सहे लोकान्समन्ताद्वोढुमोजसा ॥

mamāpi dakṣasya sutā jananī kaśyapaḥ pitā | ahamatyutsahe lokānsamantādvoḍhumojasā

My mother too is a daughter of Daksha, and Kashyapa is my father. I too am more than able to carry all the worlds, on every side, with my might.

Verse 14 (5.105.14)

असह्यं सर्वभूतानां ममापि विपुलं बलम् । मयाऽपि सुमहत्कर्म कृतं दैतेयविग्रहे ॥

asahyaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ mamāpi vipulaṃ balam | mayā'pi sumahatkarma kṛtaṃ daiteyavigrahe

My strength too is vast, too much for any creature to withstand; I too did great deeds in the war with the Daityas.

Verse 15 (5.105.15)

श्रुतश्रीः श्रुतसेनश्च विवस्वान्रोचनामुखः । प्रस्रुतः कालकाक्षश्च मयाऽपि दितिजा हताः ॥

śrutaśrīḥ śrutasenaśca vivasvānrocanāmukhaḥ | prasrutaḥ kālakākṣaśca mayā'pi ditijā hatāḥ

Shrutashri, Shrutasena, Vivasvat, Rochanamukha, Prasruta and Kalakaksha — these sons of Diti I too have slain.

Verse 16 (5.105.16)

यत्तु ध्वजस्थानगतो यत्नात्परिचराम्यहम् । वहामि चैवानुजं ते तेन मामवमन्यसे ॥

yattu dhvajasthānagato yatnātparicarāmyaham | vahāmi caivānujaṃ te tena māmavamanyase

But because I sit on the banner and serve you with care, and carry your younger brother, you despise me.

Verse 17 (5.105.17)

कोऽन्यो भारसहो ह्यस्ति कोऽन्योस्ति बलवत्तरः । मया योऽहं विशिष्टः सन्वहामीमं सबान्धवम् ॥

ko'nyo bhārasaho hyasti ko'nyosti balavattaraḥ | mayā yo'haṃ viśiṣṭaḥ sanvahāmīmaṃ sabāndhavam

Who else can bear such a load? Who else is stronger? Superior as I am, I carry him along with his kin.

Note on the text: Corrected सबान्धवं → सबान्धवम् (anusvara for final म् at the end of the verse in Wikisource; critical edition sabāndhavam).

Verse 18 (5.105.18)

अवज्ञाय तु यत्तेऽहं भोजनाद्व्यपरोपितः । तेन मे गौरवं नष्टं त्वत्तश्चास्माच्च वासव ॥

avajñāya tu yatte'haṃ bhojanādvyaparopitaḥ | tena me gauravaṃ naṣṭaṃ tvattaścāsmācca vāsava

Because you have slighted me and cut me off from my food, my honour is lost, Vasava, at your hands and at his.

Verse 19 (5.105.19)

अदित्यां य इमे जाता बलविक्रमशालिनः । त्वमेषां किल सर्वेषां बलेन बलवत्तरः ॥

adityāṃ ya ime jātā balavikramaśālinaḥ | tvameṣāṃ kila sarveṣāṃ balena balavattaraḥ

Of all those born of Aditi, rich in strength and valour, you, it is said, are the strongest in might.

Verse 20 (5.105.20)

सोऽहं पक्षैकदेशेन वहामि त्वां गतक्लमः । विमृश त्वं शनैस्तात कोऽन्वत्र बलवानिति ॥

so'haṃ pakṣaikadeśena vahāmi tvāṃ gataklamaḥ | vimṛśa tvaṃ śanaistāta ko'nvatra balavāniti

Yet I carry you on a single part of my wing without tiring. Think it over calmly, dear sir: which of us here is the strong one?

Verse 21 (5.105.21)

स तस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा खगस्योदर्कदारुणम् । अक्षोभ्यं क्षोभयंस्तार्क्ष्यमुवाच रथचक्रभृत् ॥

sa tasya vacanaṃ śrutvā khagasyodarkadāruṇam | akṣobhyaṃ kṣobhayaṃstārkṣyamuvāca rathacakrabhṛt

Hearing these words of the bird, so dire in what they portended, the bearer of the discus, stirring the unshakable Tarkshya, said:

Verse 22 (5.105.22)

गरुत्मन्मन्यसेऽऽत्मानं बलवन्तं सुदुर्बलम् । अलमस्मत्समक्षं ते स्तोतुमात्मानमण्डज ॥

garutmanmanyase''tmānaṃ balavantaṃ sudurbalam | alamasmatsamakṣaṃ te stotumātmānamaṇḍaja

Garutman, weak as you are, you think yourself strong. Enough of praising yourself in my presence, egg-born one.

Note on the text: Corrected मन्यसेत्मानं → मन्यसेऽऽत्मानं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped avagraha marking the elided ā of आत्मानम्; critical edition manyase ''tmānaṃ). Speaker set to Vishnu: his reply, announced at the end of verse 20, fills verses 21–23 with no printed heading in Wikisource (nor in the critical edition); the input carried कण्व over.

Verse 23 (5.105.23)

त्रैलोक्यमपि मे कृत्स्नमशक्तं देहधारणे । अहमेवात्मनात्मानं वहामि त्वां च धारये ॥

trailokyamapi me kṛtsnamaśaktaṃ dehadhāraṇe | ahamevātmanātmānaṃ vahāmi tvāṃ ca dhāraye

The whole of the three worlds could not bear my body. I carry myself by myself, and it is I who bear you.

Verse 24 (5.105.24)

न त्वं वहसि मां दोर्भ्यां मोघं तव विकत्थनम् । इमं तावन्ममैकं त्वं बाहुं सव्येतरं वह । यद्येनं धारयस्येकं सफलं ते विकत्थितम् ॥

na tvaṃ vahasi māṃ dorbhyāṃ moghaṃ tava vikatthanam | imaṃ tāvanmamaikaṃ tvaṃ bāhuṃ savyetaraṃ vaha | yadyenaṃ dhārayasyekaṃ saphalaṃ te vikatthitam

You do not carry me on your arms; your boasting is empty. Just bear this one arm of mine, the right one. If you can bear it alone, your boasting will have some point.

Note on the text: Stray wiki marks (backtick and quote mark) removed. The first line is the critical edition's star passage 5.103.20d*0445; lines 2–3 are 5.103.21, which the automatic alignment left unmatched.

Verse 25 (5.105.25)

इत्युक्त्वा भगवांस्तस्य स्कन्धे बाहुं समासजत् । आरोपितं समुद्वोढुं भारं तं नाशकद्बलात् । निपपात स भारार्तो विह्वलो नष्टचेतनः ॥

ityuktvā bhagavāṃstasya skandhe bāhuṃ samāsajat | āropitaṃ samudvoḍhuṃ bhāraṃ taṃ nāśakadbalāt | nipapāta sa bhārārto vihvalo naṣṭacetanaḥ

Having said this, the Blessed Lord laid his arm on Garuda's shoulder. Garuda could not, for all his strength, bear up the load placed on him; crushed by the weight, he fell down, reeling and senseless.

Note on the text: Stray wiki marks (backtick and quote mark) removed. Corrected विहलो → विह्वलो (misprint in Wikisource; dropped व of the conjunct; critical edition vihvalo). Lines 1 and 3 are the critical edition's 5.103.22ab and cd (इत्युक्त्वा for tataḥ sa kept as the base reading); line 2 is its star passage 5.103.22b*0448. The automatic alignment left this verse unmatched.

Verse 26 (5.105.26)

यावान्हि भारः कृत्स्नायाः पृथिव्याः पर्वतैः सह । एकस्या देहशाखायास्तावद्भारममन्यत ॥

yāvānhi bhāraḥ kṛtsnāyāḥ pṛthivyāḥ parvataiḥ saha | ekasyā dehaśākhāyāstāvadbhāramamanyata

As great as the weight of the whole earth with its mountains, so great a weight did he find that single limb to be.

Verse 27 (5.105.27)

न त्वेनं पीडयामास बलेन बलवत्तरः । ततो हि जीवितं तस्य न व्यनीनशदच्युतः ॥

na tvenaṃ pīḍayāmāsa balena balavattaraḥ | tato hi jīvitaṃ tasya na vyanīnaśadacyutaḥ

Yet the stronger one did not crush him with his strength; and so Achyuta did not take his life.

Verse 28 (5.105.28)

व्यात्तास्यः स्रस्तकायश्च विचेता विह्वलः खगः । मुमोच पत्राणि तदा गुरुभारप्रपीडितः ॥

vyāttāsyaḥ srastakāyaśca vicetā vihvalaḥ khagaḥ | mumoca patrāṇi tadā gurubhāraprapīḍitaḥ

With gaping beak and limp body, dazed and distraught, the bird, overwhelmed by the heavy weight, shed his feathers.

Verse 29 (5.105.29)

स विष्णुं शिरसा पक्षी प्रणम्य विनतासुतः । विचेता विह्वलो दीनः किंचिद्वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

sa viṣṇuṃ śirasā pakṣī praṇamya vinatāsutaḥ | vicetā vihvalo dīnaḥ kiṃcidvacanamabravīt

Bowing his head to Vishnu, the bird, Vinata's son, dazed, distraught and wretched, managed to speak a few words:

Verse 30 (5.105.30)

भगवँल्लोकसारस्य सदृशेन वपुष्मता । भुजेन स्वैरमुक्तेन निष्पिष्टोऽस्मि महीतले ॥

bhagavam̐llokasārasya sadṛśena vapuṣmatā | bhujena svairamuktena niṣpiṣṭo'smi mahītale

Lord, by your mighty arm, equal to the very substance of the world, let fall on me at will, I have been crushed into the ground.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Garuda: his plea, announced at the end of verse 28, fills verses 29–31 with no printed heading in Wikisource (nor in the critical edition); the input carried कण्व over.

Verse 31 (5.105.31)

क्षन्तुमर्हसि मे देव विह्वलस्याल्पचेतसः । बलदाहविदग्धस्य पक्षिणो ध्वजवासिनः ॥

kṣantumarhasi me deva vihvalasyālpacetasaḥ | baladāhavidagdhasya pakṣiṇo dhvajavāsinaḥ

Forgive me, O god, distraught and dull of wit as I am — a bird who dwells on your banner, scorched by the blaze of your might.

Verse 32 (5.105.32)

न हि ज्ञातं बलं देव मया ते परम विभो । तेन मन्याम्यहं वीर्यमात्मनो न समं परैः ॥

na hi jñātaṃ balaṃ deva mayā te parama vibho | tena manyāmyahaṃ vīryamātmano na samaṃ paraiḥ

I did not know your supreme strength, O god, O mighty lord; that is why I thought no one else's valour equal to my own.

Verse 33 (5.105.33)

ततश्चक्रे स भगवान्प्रसादं वै गरुत्मतः । मैवं भूय इति स्नेहात्तदा चैनमुवाच ह ॥

tataścakre sa bhagavānprasādaṃ vai garutmataḥ | maivaṃ bhūya iti snehāttadā cainamuvāca ha

Then the Blessed Lord showed his grace to Garutman, and said to him kindly, "Do not do so again."

Verse 34 (5.105.34)

पादाङ्गुष्ठेन चिक्षेप सुमुखं गरुडोरसि । ततः प्रभृति राजेन्द्र सहसर्पेण वर्तते ॥

pādāṅguṣṭhena cikṣepa sumukhaṃ garuḍorasi | tataḥ prabhṛti rājendra sahasarpeṇa vartate

With his big toe he tossed Sumukha onto Garuda's breast; and from that time on, king of kings, Garuda has lived together with the serpent.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text: it is its star passage 5.103.30d*0449, lines 1–2.

Verse 35 (5.105.35)

एवं विष्णुबलाक्रान्तो गर्वनाशमुपागतः । गरुडो बलवान्राजन्वैनतेयो महायशाः ॥

evaṃ viṣṇubalākrānto garvanāśamupāgataḥ | garuḍo balavānrājanvainateyo mahāyaśāḥ

Thus, overpowered by Vishnu's strength, the mighty Garuda, Vinata's glorious son, saw his pride destroyed, O king.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text: it is its star passage 5.103.30d*0449, lines 3–4 (reading upāgamat).

Verse 36 (5.105.36)

तथा त्वमपि गान्धारे यावत्पाण्डुसुतान्रणे । नासादयसि तान्वीरांस्तावज्जीवसि पुत्रक ॥

tathā tvamapi gāndhāre yāvatpāṇḍusutānraṇe | nāsādayasi tānvīrāṃstāvajjīvasi putraka

So you too, son of Gandhari, will live only as long as you do not meet those heroes, the sons of Pandu, in battle, my son.

Verse 37 (5.105.37)

भीमः प्रहरतां श्रेष्ठो वायुपुत्रो महाबलः । धनञ्जयश्चेन्द्रसुतो न हन्यातां तु कं रणे ॥

bhīmaḥ praharatāṃ śreṣṭho vāyuputro mahābalaḥ | dhanañjayaścendrasuto na hanyātāṃ tu kaṃ raṇe

Bhima, best of fighters, the mighty son of Vayu, and Dhananjaya, son of Indra — whom would they not slay in battle?

Verse 38 (5.105.38)

विष्णुर्वायुश्च शक्रश्च धर्मस्तौ चाश्विनावुभौ । एते देवास्त्वया केन हेतुना वीक्षितुं क्षमाः ॥

viṣṇurvāyuśca śakraśca dharmastau cāśvināvubhau | ete devāstvayā kena hetunā vīkṣituṃ kṣamāḥ

Vishnu, Vayu, Shakra, Dharma and the two Ashvins — by what means could you even look these gods in the face?

Verse 39 (5.105.39)

तदलं ते विरोधेन शमं गच्छ नृपात्मज । वासुदेवेन तीर्थेन कुलं रक्षितुमर्हसि ॥

tadalaṃ te virodhena śamaṃ gaccha nṛpātmaja | vāsudevena tīrthena kulaṃ rakṣitumarhasi

Enough, then, of your hostility; make peace, prince. With Vasudeva as your means of crossing, you should save your family.

Verse 40 (5.105.40)

प्रत्यक्षदर्शी सर्वस्य नारदोऽयं महातपाः । माहात्म्यस्य तदा विष्णोः सोऽयं चक्रगदाधरः ॥

pratyakṣadarśī sarvasya nārado'yaṃ mahātapāḥ | māhātmyasya tadā viṣṇoḥ so'yaṃ cakragadādharaḥ

This great ascetic Narada saw all of it with his own eyes — the greatness Vishnu showed then; and that Vishnu is this one here, the bearer of discus and mace.

Verse 41 (5.105.41)

दुर्योधनस्तु तच्छ्रुत्वा निश्वसन्भृकुटीमुखः । राधेयमभिसंप्रेक्ष्य जहास स्वनवत्तदा ॥

duryodhanastu tacchrutvā niśvasanbhṛkuṭīmukhaḥ | rādheyamabhisaṃprekṣya jahāsa svanavattadā

Duryodhana, hearing this, sighed and knit his brows in a frown; then, glancing at Radheya, he laughed aloud.

Verse 42 (5.105.42)

कदर्थीकृत्य तद्वाक्यमृषेः कण्वस्य दुर्मतिः । ऊरुं गजकराकारं ताडयन्निदमब्रवीत् ॥

kadarthīkṛtya tadvākyamṛṣeḥ kaṇvasya durmatiḥ | ūruṃ gajakarākāraṃ tāḍayannidamabravīt

Brushing aside the words of the sage Kanva, the evil-minded one slapped his thigh, shaped like an elephant's trunk, and said:

Verse 43 (5.105.43)

यथैवेश्वरसृष्टोऽस्मि यद्भावि या च मे गतिः । तथा महर्षे वर्तामि किं प्रलापः करिष्यति ॥

yathaiveśvarasṛṣṭo'smi yadbhāvi yā ca me gatiḥ | tathā maharṣe vartāmi kiṃ pralāpaḥ kariṣyati

Just as the Lord has made me, whatever is to be and whatever my end, so I act, great seer. What will all this talk achieve?

Note on the text: Speaker set to Duryodhana: the verse is wholly his reply, announced at the end of verse 41, with no printed heading in Wikisource (nor in the critical edition); the input carried वैशंपायन over.

Verse 44 (5.105.44)

ततः कण्वोऽब्रवीत्क्रुद्धो दुर्योधनमपण्डितम् । यस्मादूरुं ताडयसि ऊरौ मृत्युर्भविष्यति ॥

tataḥ kaṇvo'bravītkruddho duryodhanamapaṇḍitam | yasmādūruṃ tāḍayasi ūrau mṛtyurbhaviṣyati

Then Kanva, enraged, said to the foolish Duryodhana: "Since you strike your thigh, your death will come at the thigh."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears neither in the CE's text nor among its star or appendix passages for this adhyaya, and Wikisource marks it as an insertion. Stray wiki marks (backtick, quote mark and doubled danda) removed. Corrected ऊकं → ऊरुं (misprint in Wikisource; ऊकं is not a word, and the sense is the thigh struck in verse 41).