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Verse 35
गरुडः पक्षिजङ्घस्तु नरास्यो दीर्घनासिकः । पादसङ्कोचसंविष्टः पक्षयुक्तः कृताञ्जलिः ॥ ३५ ॥
garuḍaḥ pakṣijaṅghastu narāsyō dīrghanāsikaḥ | pādasaṅkōcasaṁviṣṭaḥ pakṣayuktaḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ || 35 ||
Translation
Garuḍa has the legs of a bird, a human face and a long nose; he is seated with his legs drawn in, winged, with joined palms.
Word by word
- garuḍaḥ
- (garuḍaḥ) Garuḍa
- pakṣi
- of a bird
- jaṅghaḥ
- (jaṅghaḥ) with legs
- tu
- indeed
- nara
- a human
- āsyaḥ
- (āsyaḥ) face
- dīrgha
- a long
- nāsikaḥ
- (nāsikaḥ) nose
- pāda
- his legs
- saṅkōca
- drawn in
- saṁviṣṭaḥ
- (saṁviṣṭaḥ) seated
- pakṣa
- wings
- yuktaḥ
- (yuktaḥ) with
- kṛta
- made
- añjaliḥ
- (añjaliḥ) with joined palms
Meaning
Garuḍa is shown kneeling in reverence before Viṣṇu, half bird and half man, hands joined in añjali.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
He tells the form of Garuḍa in one verse, "garuḍaḥ" and the rest. Narāsyaḥ: with a human face.