विषवीर्यमदाविष्ट: काद्रवेयस्तु कालिय: । कदर्थीकृत्य गरुडं स्वयं तं बुभुजे बलिम् ॥ ४ ॥
viṣa-vīrya-madāviṣṭaḥ kādraveyas tu kāliyaḥ kadarthī-kṛtya garuḍaṁ svayaṁ taṁ bubhuje balim
- viṣa
- because of his poison
- vīrya
- and his strength
- mada
- in intoxication
- āviṣṭaḥ
- absorbed
- kādraveyaḥ
- the son of Kadru
- tu
- on the other hand
- kāliyaḥ
- Kāliya
- kadarthī-kṛtya
- disregarding
- garuḍam
- Garuḍa
- svayam
- himself
- tam
- that
- bubhuje
- ate
- balim
- the offering
Although all the other serpents were dutifully making offerings to Garuḍa, one serpent — the arrogant Kāliya, son of Kadru — would eat all these offerings before Garuḍa could claim them. Thus Kāliya directly defied the carrier of Lord Viṣṇu.