तत्रैकदा जलचरं गरुडो भक्ष्यमीप्सितम् । निवारित: सौभरिणा प्रसह्य क्षुधितोऽहरत् ॥ ९ ॥
tatraikadā jala-caraṁ garuḍo bhakṣyam īpsitam nivāritaḥ saubhariṇā prasahya kṣudhito ’harat
- tatra
- there (in that lake)
- ekadā
- once
- jala-caram
- an aquatic creature
- garuḍaḥ
- Garuḍa
- bhakṣyam
- his proper food
- īpsitam
- desired
- nivāritaḥ
- forbidden
- saubhariṇā
- by Saubhari Muni
- prasahya
- taking courage
- kṣudhitaḥ
- feeling hunger
- aharat
- he took
In that very lake Garuḍa had once desired to eat a fish — fish being, after all, his normal food. Although forbidden by the sage Saubhari, who was meditating there within the water, Garuḍa took courage and, feeling hungry, seized the fish.