The Wings and the Vow

Garuḍa — king of birds, divine vehicle of Viṣṇu, enormous, ancient, grieving — carries a story inside his wings. A story about Jaṭāyu: the old vulture who flew alone against Rāvaṇa to protect Sītā.

Devotion as action. This is a book about what you do when you know the cost before you go in.

Inside this book:

1. Three-line Sanskrit in Part III — 401 sentences as complete back-half reference text

2. Vocabulary notes for genuinely new words and proper nouns

3. Sandhi for new patterns only