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11.kshuNNakshoNeedharaaNi kshubhithachathuh akoopaarathibhyathgarunthi

thrutyath thaaraasaraaNi sThaputithavibhuDha sThaanakaani kshipeyuh

paathaalabrahmasouDhaavaDhi vihitha muDhaavarthanaani asmadhaarthi

brahbaandasayaantharaale brhathi khagapatheh arbhakakreedithaani

May our sufferings be overthrown by (contemplating on) the childhood exploits of Garuda, who when roaming around between the netherworld and the world of Brahma , shredded the mountains by his speed, agitated the seas which wetted his wings, broke the stars into pieces and the mansions of the devas were displaced and became uneven. These were the playful acts of Garuda in the region of the cosmos.

Garuda was flying all over the universe, brahmAndasya antharAle, just for fun, muDhaa, while he was a fledgeling, traversing the space between the netherworld and the world of Brahma, pAthAlabrahmasouDhaavaDhi. The force of his flying reduced the mountains into shreds, kShuNnakShoneeDharANi, the four oceans, chathuh akoopaara, were agitated when he dipped his wings in them, thibhyath garunthi. The stars were broken into pieces, thrutyath thaaraasaraaNi and the mansions of the devas experienced an upheaval and were displaced, sThaputithavibuDhasThaankaani. Desika says that may such childhood exploits, arbhakakreedithaani of Garuda, khagapahi exploits uproot our troubles also.