वाहनदानमन्त्रम्The mantras for giving the vehicles
Verse 260
गरुत्मन् पतगश्रेष्ठ श्रीपतिप्रीतिदायक । वज्रचञ्चो तीक्ष्णनख तव पक्षा हिरण्मयाः । नमस्तेऽस्तु खगेन्द्राय पक्षिराज नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ २६० ॥
garutman patagaśrēṣṭha śrīpatiprītidāyaka | vajracañcō tīkṣṇanakha tava pakṣā hiraṇmayāḥ | namastē’stu khagēndrāya pakṣirāja namō’stu tē || 260 ||
Translation
"O Garutmān, best of birds, giver of delight to the lord of Śrī, with beak like a thunderbolt and sharp talons, your wings are golden. Salutation to you, lord of birds; king of birds, salutation to you.
Word by word
- garutman
- O Garutmān
- pataga
- of birds
- śrēṣṭha
- best
- śrīpati
- to the lord of Śrī
- prīti
- delight
- dāyaka
- giver
- vajra
- like a thunderbolt
- cañcō
- with beak
- tīkṣṇa
- sharp
- nakha
- talons
- tava
- your
- pakṣāḥ
- (pakṣāḥ) wings
- hiraṇmayāḥ
- (hiraṇmayāḥ) golden
- namaḥ
- (namaḥ) salutation
- tē
- to you
- astu
- (astu) be
- khaga
- of birds
- indrāya
- (indrāya) to the lord
- pakṣi
- of birds
- rāja
- king
Meaning
The commentary glosses "garutman" as Garuḍa and "patagaśreṣṭha" as the best of birds. The lord of Śrī is Viṣṇu.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Now he makes the praise of Garuḍa in three verses, "garutman" and the rest. Garutman: O Garuḍa. Patagaśreṣṭha: O best of birds.