Shandili and the Wingless Garuda

Verse 1 (5.113.1)

ऋषभस्य ततः शृङ्गं निपत्य द्विजपक्षिणौ । शाण्डिलीं ब्राह्मणीं तत्र ददृशाते तपोन्विताम् ॥

ṛṣabhasya tataḥ śṛṅgaṃ nipatya dvijapakṣiṇau | śāṇḍilīṃ brāhmaṇīṃ tatra dadṛśāte taponvitām

Alighting then on the peak of Rishabha, the brahmin and the bird saw there the brahmin woman Shandili, rich in austerity.

Note on the text: Corrected ददृशो → ददृशाते (misprint in Wikisource; ददृशो is no valid form for the dual subject "the brahmin and the bird", and the line falls short of eight syllables; the critical edition reads dadṛśāte).

Verse 2 (5.113.2)

अभिवाद्य सुपर्णस्तु गालवश्चाभिपूज्य ताम् । तया च स्वागतेनोक्तौ विष्टरे सन्निषीदतुः ॥

abhivādya suparṇastu gālavaścābhipūjya tām | tayā ca svāgatenoktau viṣṭare sanniṣīdatuḥ

Suparna bowed to her and Galava paid her honour; she greeted them with words of welcome, and they sat down on the seats she offered.

Verse 3 (5.113.3)

सिद्धमन्नं तया दत्तं बलिमन्त्रोपबृंहितम् । भुक्त्वा तृप्तावुभौ भूमौ सुप्तौ तावनुमोहितौ ॥

siddhamannaṃ tayā dattaṃ balimantropabṛṃhitam | bhuktvā tṛptāvubhau bhūmau suptau tāvanumohitau

She gave them cooked food, sanctified with offerings and mantras. When they had eaten their fill, the two lay down on the ground and fell into a heavy sleep.

Verse 4 (5.113.4)

मुहूर्तात्प्रतिबुद्धस्तु सुपर्णो गमनेप्सया । तां दृष्ट्वा चारुसर्वाङ्गीं तापसीं ब्रह्मचारिणीम् ॥

muhūrtātpratibuddhastu suparṇo gamanepsayā | tāṃ dṛṣṭvā cārusarvāṅgīṃ tāpasīṃ brahmacāriṇīm

After a short while Suparna awoke, eager to be going. Seeing that ascetic woman, a brahmacharini lovely in every limb,

Note on the text: Corrected चारुसर्वाङ्गी → चारुसर्वाङ्गीं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara — she is the object of दृष्ट्वा; the critical apparatus reads cārusarvāṅgīṃ). Removed a stray wiki mark (`). The first line is CE 5.111.4a; the second line is not in the critical edition's text — it is star passage 5.111.4b*0453, line 1.

Verse 5 (5.113.5)

ग्रहीतुं हि मनश्चक्रे रूपात्साक्षादिव श्रियम् । अथ भ्रष्टतनूजाङ्गमात्मानं ददृशे खगः ॥

grahītuṃ hi manaścakre rūpātsākṣādiva śriyam | atha bhraṣṭatanūjāṅgamātmānaṃ dadṛśe khagaḥ

who in her beauty was like Shri herself, he set his mind on carrying her off. At once the bird saw that his body had lost its feathers.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark ('). The first line is not in the critical edition's text (star passage 5.111.4b*0453, line 2); the second line is CE 5.111.4c.

Verse 6 (5.113.6)

मांसपिण्डोपमोऽभूत्स मुखपादान्वितः खगः । गालवस्तं तथा दृष्ट्वा विमनाः पर्यपृच्छत ॥

māṃsapiṇḍopamo'bhūtsa mukhapādānvitaḥ khagaḥ | gālavastaṃ tathā dṛṣṭvā vimanāḥ paryapṛcchata

The bird became like a lump of flesh, with only a face and feet. Seeing him in that state, Galava was dismayed and asked him:

Verse 7 (5.113.7)

किमिदं भवता प्राप्तमिहागमनजं फलम् । वासोऽयमिह कालं तु कियन्तं नौ भविष्यति ॥

kimidaṃ bhavatā prāptamihāgamanajaṃ phalam | vāso'yamiha kālaṃ tu kiyantaṃ nau bhaviṣyati

What is this that has befallen you — is this the fruit of our coming here? How long shall we have to stay in this place?

Verse 8 (5.113.8)

किं नु ते मनसा ध्यातमशुभं धर्मदूषणम् । न ह्ययं भवतः स्वल्पो व्यभिचारो भविष्यति ॥

kiṃ nu te manasā dhyātamaśubhaṃ dharmadūṣaṇam | na hyayaṃ bhavataḥ svalpo vyabhicāro bhaviṣyati

What evil thought, injurious to dharma, did you harbour in your mind? This transgression of yours can be no small one.

Verse 9 (5.113.9)

सुपर्णोऽथाब्रवीद्विप्रं प्रध्यातं वै मया द्विज । इमां सिद्धामितो नेतुं तत्र यत्र प्रजापतिः ॥

suparṇo'thābravīdvipraṃ pradhyātaṃ vai mayā dvija | imāṃ siddhāmito netuṃ tatra yatra prajāpatiḥ

Then Suparna said to the brahmin: "I did have the thought, brahmin, of carrying this perfected woman away from here to the place where Prajapati dwells."

Verse 10 (5.113.10)

यत्र देवो महादेवो यत्र विष्णुः सनातनः । यत्र धर्मश्च यज्ञश्च तत्रेयं निवसेदिति ॥

yatra devo mahādevo yatra viṣṇuḥ sanātanaḥ | yatra dharmaśca yajñaśca tatreyaṃ nivasediti

To where the god Mahadeva is, where the eternal Vishnu is, where Dharma and Sacrifice are: there, I thought, she ought to live.

Verse 11 (5.113.11)

सोऽहं भगवतीं याचे प्रणतः प्रियकाम्यया । मयैतन्नाम प्रध्यातं मनसा शोचता किल ॥

so'haṃ bhagavatīṃ yāce praṇataḥ priyakāmyayā | mayaitannāma pradhyātaṃ manasā śocatā kila

Now I bow and entreat the blessed lady, wishing to win her favour. It was in sorrow, thinking how she could live in such a place, that this thought came to my mind.

Note on the text: Corrected शोचसा → शोचता (misprint in Wikisource; the Wikisource commentary itself glosses शोचता, and the critical edition reads śocatā).

Verse 12 (5.113.12)

तदेवं बहुमानात्ते मयेहानीप्सितं कृतम् । सुकृतं दुष्कृतं वा त्वं माहात्म्यात्क्षन्तुमर्हसि ॥

tadevaṃ bahumānātte mayehānīpsitaṃ kṛtam | sukṛtaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ vā tvaṃ māhātmyātkṣantumarhasi

So it was out of deep reverence for you that I did here what you did not wish. Whether it was well done or ill done, in your greatness you should forgive it.

Verse 13 (5.113.13)

सा तौ तदाऽब्रवीत्तुष्टा पतगेन्द्रद्विजर्षभौ । न भेतव्यं सुपर्णोऽसि सुपर्ण त्यज संभ्रमम् ॥

sā tau tadā'bravīttuṣṭā patagendradvijarṣabhau | na bhetavyaṃ suparṇo'si suparṇa tyaja saṃbhramam

Pleased, she then said to the two, the lord of birds and the bull among brahmins: "Do not be afraid. You are Suparna, the fair-winged; Suparna, cast off your alarm."

Verse 14 (5.113.14)

निन्दितास्मि त्वया वत्स न च निन्दां क्षमाम्यहम् । लोकेभ्यः सपदि भ्रश्येद्यो मां निन्देत पापकृत् ॥

ninditāsmi tvayā vatsa na ca nindāṃ kṣamāmyaham | lokebhyaḥ sapadi bhraśyedyo māṃ nindeta pāpakṛt

You held me in contempt, my child, and I do not tolerate contempt. Whatever sinner despises me falls at once from the blessed worlds.

Verse 15 (5.113.15)

हीनयाऽलक्षणैः सर्वैस्तथाऽनिन्दितया मया । आचारं प्रतिगृह्णन्त्या सिद्धिः प्राप्तेयमुत्तमा ॥

hīnayā'lakṣaṇaiḥ sarvaistathā'ninditayā mayā | ācāraṃ pratigṛhṇantyā siddhiḥ prāpteyamuttamā

Free of every inauspicious mark and blameless, I have attained this supreme perfection by holding fast to right conduct.

Verse 16 (5.113.16)

आचारः फलते धर्ममाचारः फलते धनम् । आचाराच्छ्रियमाप्नोति आचारो हन्त्यलक्षणम् ॥

ācāraḥ phalate dharmamācāraḥ phalate dhanam | ācārācchriyamāpnoti ācāro hantyalakṣaṇam

Good conduct bears the fruit of dharma; good conduct bears the fruit of wealth. Through good conduct one gains prosperity; good conduct destroys ill fortune.

Verse 17 (5.113.17)

तदायुष्मन्खगपते यथेष्टं गम्यतामितः । न च ते गर्हणीयाऽहं गर्हितव्याः स्त्रियः क्वचित् ॥

tadāyuṣmankhagapate yatheṣṭaṃ gamyatāmitaḥ | na ca te garhaṇīyā'haṃ garhitavyāḥ striyaḥ kvacit

So, long-lived lord of birds, go from here wherever you wish. Do not reproach me; women are never to be reproached.

Verse 18 (5.113.18)

यदि त्वमात्मनो ह्यर्थे मां चैवादातुमिच्छसि । तदेव नष्टदेहस्तु स्या वै त्वं पन्नगाशन ॥

yadi tvamātmano hyarthe māṃ caivādātumicchasi | tadeva naṣṭadehastu syā vai tvaṃ pannagāśana

If you wished to carry me off for some purpose of your own, then you would have lost your body for good, eater of serpents.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (`). Not in the critical edition's text; it appears in its apparatus as star passage 5.111.16d*0454, lines 1–2.

Verse 19 (5.113.19)

तस्यैव हि प्रसादेन देवदेवस्य चिन्तनात् । त्वं तु साङ्गस्तु सञ्जातः पुनरेव भविष्यसि ॥

tasyaiva hi prasādena devadevasya cintanāt | tvaṃ tu sāṅgastu sañjātaḥ punareva bhaviṣyasi

But by the grace of that same god of gods, by meditating on him, you will once more be whole in every limb.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (' and a doubled ।।). Not in the critical edition's text; it appears in its apparatus as star passage 5.111.16d*0454, lines 3–4.

Verse 20 (5.113.20)

भवितासि यथापूर्वं बलवीर्यसमन्वितः ॥

bhavitāsi yathāpūrvaṃ balavīryasamanvitaḥ

You will be as you were before, endowed with strength and valour.

Note on the text: Wikisource verse 20 is split here: the heading नारद उवाच is printed after its first line (row 5-113-20a), which ends Shandili's speech (CE 5.111.17ab).

Verse 21 (5.113.21)

बभूवतुस्ततस्तस्य पक्षौ द्रविणवत्तरौ ॥

babhūvatustatastasya pakṣau draviṇavattarau

Then his two wings became stronger than before.

Note on the text: Second line of Wikisource verse 20 (row 5-113-20b), after the नारद उवाच heading printed mid-verse (CE 5.111.17cd).

Verse 22 (5.113.22)

अनुज्ञातस्तु शाण्डिल्या यथागतमुपागमत् । नैव चासादयामास तथारूपांस्तुरङ्गमान् ॥

anujñātastu śāṇḍilyā yathāgatamupāgamat | naiva cāsādayāmāsa tathārūpāṃsturaṅgamān

Given leave by Shandili, he went back the way he had come; but he did not find horses of that kind.

Verse 23 (5.113.23)

विश्वामित्रोऽथ तं दृष्ट्वा गालवं चाध्वनि स्थितः । उवाच वदतां श्रेष्ठो वैनतेयस्य सन्निधौ ॥

viśvāmitro'tha taṃ dṛṣṭvā gālavaṃ cādhvani sthitaḥ | uvāca vadatāṃ śreṣṭho vainateyasya sannidhau

Then Vishvamitra, foremost of speakers, standing in the road, saw Galava and spoke to him in the presence of Vinata's son.

Verse 24 (5.113.24)

यस्त्वया स्वयमेवार्थः प्रतिज्ञातो मम द्विज । तस्य कालोऽपवर्गस्य यथा वा मन्यते भवान् ॥

yastvayā svayamevārthaḥ pratijñāto mama dvija | tasya kālo'pavargasya yathā vā manyate bhavān

The wealth that you yourself promised me of your own accord, brahmin — the time has come to pay it, or do as you think fit.

Verse 25 (5.113.25)

प्रतीक्षिष्याम्यहं कालमेतावन्तं तथा परम् । यथासंसिध्यते विप्र स मार्गस्तु निशाम्यताम् ॥

pratīkṣiṣyāmyahaṃ kālametāvantaṃ tathā param | yathāsaṃsidhyate vipra sa mārgastu niśāmyatām

I shall wait this long, and as long again. Consider, brahmin, the way by which it may be accomplished.

Verse 26 (5.113.26)

सुपर्णोऽथाब्रवीद्दीनं गालवं भृशदुःखितम् । प्रत्यक्षं खल्विदानीं मे विश्वामित्रो यदुक्तवान् ॥

suparṇo'thābravīddīnaṃ gālavaṃ bhṛśaduḥkhitam | pratyakṣaṃ khalvidānīṃ me viśvāmitro yaduktavān

Then Suparna said to Galava, who was downcast and sorely distressed: "What Vishvamitra has said, he has now said plainly in my presence."

Verse 27 (5.113.27)

तदागच्छ द्विजश्रेष्ठ मन्त्रयिष्याव गालव । नादत्त्वा गुरवे शक्यं कृत्स्नमर्थं त्वयाऽऽसितुम् ॥

tadāgaccha dvijaśreṣṭha mantrayiṣyāva gālava | nādattvā gurave śakyaṃ kṛtsnamarthaṃ tvayā''situm

So come, best of brahmins, let us take counsel together, Galava. Until you have given your teacher the whole of what you owe, you cannot rest.