Galava's Terror in Flight

Verse 1 (5.112.1)

गरुत्मन्भुजगेन्द्रारे सुपर्ण विनतात्मज । नय मां तार्क्ष्य पूर्वेण यत्र धर्मस्य चक्षुषी ॥

garutmanbhujagendrāre suparṇa vinatātmaja | naya māṃ tārkṣya pūrveṇa yatra dharmasya cakṣuṣī

O Garutman, enemy of the lord of serpents, Suparna, son of Vinata! Carry me eastward, Tarkshya, to where the two eyes of Dharma are.

Verse 2 (5.112.2)

पूर्वमेतां दिशं गच्छ या पूर्वं परिकीर्तिता । देवतानां हि सान्निध्यमत्र कीर्तितवानसि ॥

pūrvametāṃ diśaṃ gaccha yā pūrvaṃ parikīrtitā | devatānāṃ hi sānnidhyamatra kīrtitavānasi

Go first to this quarter, the east, which you described first. You told me that the gods dwell close at hand there.

Verse 3 (5.112.3)

अत्र सत्यं च धर्मश्च त्वया सम्यक्प्रकीर्तितः । इच्छेयं तु समागन्तुं समस्तैर्दैवतैरहम् । भूयश्च तान्सुरान्द्रष्टुमिच्छेयमरुणानुज ॥

atra satyaṃ ca dharmaśca tvayā samyakprakīrtitaḥ | iccheyaṃ tu samāgantuṃ samastairdaivatairaham | bhūyaśca tānsurāndraṣṭumiccheyamaruṇānuja

You told me well how truth and dharma are found there. I wish to meet all the gods together; and I wish, younger brother of Aruna, to see those gods once more.

Verse 4 (5.112.4)

तमाह विनतासूनुरारोहस्वेति वै द्विजम् । आरुरोहाथ स मुनिर्गरुडं गालवस्तदा ॥

tamāha vinatāsūnurārohasveti vai dvijam | ārurohātha sa munirgaruḍaṃ gālavastadā

The son of Vinata told the brahmin, "Climb on." Then the sage Galava mounted Garuda.

Verse 5 (5.112.5)

क्रममाणस्य ते रूपं दृश्यते पन्नगाशन । भास्करस्येव पूर्वाह्णे सहस्रांशोर्विवस्वतः ॥

kramamāṇasya te rūpaṃ dṛśyate pannagāśana | bhāskarasyeva pūrvāhṇe sahasrāṃśorvivasvataḥ

As you stride through the sky, eater of serpents, your form looks like that of the thousand-rayed sun, Vivasvat, in the forenoon.

Verse 6 (5.112.6)

पक्षवातप्रणुन्नानां वृक्षाणामनुगामिनाम् । प्रस्थितानामिव समं पश्यामीह गतिं खग ॥

pakṣavātapraṇunnānāṃ vṛkṣāṇāmanugāminām | prasthitānāmiva samaṃ paśyāmīha gatiṃ khaga

The trees, driven by the wind of your wings, follow after you; O bird, I see them moving along with you, as though they too had set out on a journey.

Verse 7 (5.112.7)

ससागरवनामुर्वीं सशैलवनकाननाम् । आकर्षन्निव चाभासि पक्षवातेन खेचर ॥

sasāgaravanāmurvīṃ saśailavanakānanām | ākarṣanniva cābhāsi pakṣavātena khecara

Rover of the sky, with the wind of your wings you seem to drag the whole earth along with you, with its oceans and forests, its mountains, woods and groves.

Note on the text: Corrected ससागरवनामुर्वी → ससागरवनामुर्वीं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara — the earth is the object of आकर्षन्; the critical edition reads urvīṃ).

Verse 8 (5.112.8)

समीननागनक्रं च खमिवारोप्यते जलम् । वायुना चैव महता पक्षवातेन चानिशम् ॥

samīnanāganakraṃ ca khamivāropyate jalam | vāyunā caiva mahatā pakṣavātena cāniśam

And the water, with its fish, serpents and crocodiles, is ceaselessly lifted up as if into the sky by the mighty wind and the gusts of your wings.

Verse 9 (5.112.9)

तुल्यरूपाननान्मत्स्यांस्तथा तिमितिमिङ्गिलान् । नागाश्वनरवक्त्रांश्च पश्याम्युन्मथितानिव ॥

tulyarūpānanānmatsyāṃstathā timitimiṅgilān | nāgāśvanaravaktrāṃśca paśyāmyunmathitāniva

I see fish whose faces look alike, timis and timingilas, and creatures with the faces of serpents, horses and men, as though churned up from the deep.

Note on the text: Corrected नागाश्वनरवक्रांश्च → नागाश्वनरवक्त्रांश्च (misprint in Wikisource; वक्र "crooked" for वक्त्र "face"; the critical edition reads naravaktrāṃś ca). Wikisource's तिमितिमिङ्गिलान् (critical edition timimatsyāṃs timiṃgilān) is kept as a recension variant.

Verse 10 (5.112.10)

महार्णवस्य च रवैः श्रोत्रे मे बधिरे कृते । न शृणोमि न पश्यामि नात्मनो वेद्मि कारणम् ॥

mahārṇavasya ca ravaiḥ śrotre me badhire kṛte | na śṛṇomi na paśyāmi nātmano vedmi kāraṇam

My ears have been deafened by the roar of the great ocean. I cannot hear, I cannot see, and I do not know what is happening to me.

Note on the text: Corrected श्रृणोमि → शृणोमि (misprint in Wikisource; a spurious र in the root śru; the critical edition reads śṛṇomi).

Verse 11 (5.112.11)

शनैः स तु भवान्यातु ब्रह्मवध्यामनुस्मरन् । न दृश्यते रविस्तात न दिशो न च खं खग ॥

śanaiḥ sa tu bhavānyātu brahmavadhyāmanusmaran | na dṛśyate ravistāta na diśo na ca khaṃ khaga

Go slowly, sir, bearing in mind the sin of killing a brahmin. Neither the sun can be seen, my friend, nor the directions, nor the sky, O bird.

Note on the text: Corrected भवात्यातु → भवान्यातु (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads bhavān yātu). Wikisource's स तु is kept where the critical edition reads sādhu.

Verse 12 (5.112.12)

तम एव तु पश्यामि शरीरं ते न लक्षये । मणी व जात्यौ पश्यामि चक्षुषी तेऽहमण्डज ॥

tama eva tu paśyāmi śarīraṃ te na lakṣaye | maṇī va jātyau paśyāmi cakṣuṣī te'hamaṇḍaja

I see only darkness; I cannot make out your body. Egg-born one, all I see are your two eyes, like a pair of fine jewels.

Verse 13 (5.112.13)

शरीरं तु न पश्यामि तव चैवात्मनश्च ह । पदेपदे तु पश्यामि शरीरादग्निमुत्थितम् ॥

śarīraṃ tu na paśyāmi tava caivātmanaśca ha | padepade tu paśyāmi śarīrādagnimutthitam

I cannot see your body, nor even my own; but at every moment I see fire rising from your body.

Verse 14 (5.112.14)

स मे निर्वाप्य सहसा चक्षुषी शाम्यते पुनः । तन्नियच्छ महावेगं गमने विनतात्मज ॥

sa me nirvāpya sahasā cakṣuṣī śāmyate punaḥ | tanniyaccha mahāvegaṃ gamane vinatātmaja

That fire suddenly dims my eyes and then dies down again. So check your great speed in flight, son of Vinata.

Verse 15 (5.112.15)

न मे प्रयोजनं किंचिद्गमने पन्नगाशन । संनिवर्त महाभाग न वेगं विषहामि ते ॥

na me prayojanaṃ kiṃcidgamane pannagāśana | saṃnivarta mahābhāga na vegaṃ viṣahāmi te

I have no purpose at all in going on, eater of serpents. Turn back, illustrious one; I cannot bear your speed.

Verse 16 (5.112.16)

गुरवे संश्रुतानीह शतान्यष्टौ हि वाजिनाम् । एकतःश्यामकर्णानां शुभ्राणां चन्द्रवर्चसाम् ॥

gurave saṃśrutānīha śatānyaṣṭau hi vājinām | ekataḥśyāmakarṇānāṃ śubhrāṇāṃ candravarcasām

I promised my teacher eight hundred horses, white, with the radiance of the moon, each with one ear black.

Verse 17 (5.112.17)

तेषां चैवापवर्गाय मार्गं पश्यामि नाण्डज । ततोऽयं जीवितत्यागे दृष्टो मार्गोमयाऽऽत्मनः ॥

teṣāṃ caivāpavargāya mārgaṃ paśyāmi nāṇḍaja | tato'yaṃ jīvitatyāge dṛṣṭo mārgomayā''tmanaḥ

And I see no way, egg-born one, of paying them. So the only path I have found for myself is to give up my life.

Verse 18 (5.112.18)

नैव मेऽस्ति धनं किंचिन्न धनेनान्वितः सुहृत् । न चार्थेनापि महता शक्यमेतद्व्यपोहितुम् ॥

naiva me'sti dhanaṃ kiṃcinna dhanenānvitaḥ suhṛt | na cārthenāpi mahatā śakyametadvyapohitum

I have no wealth at all, nor any friend who has wealth; and even great riches could not remove this trouble.

Verse 19 (5.112.19)

एवं बहु च दीनं च ब्रुवाणं गालवं तदा । प्रत्युवाच व्रजन्नेव प्रहसन्विनतात्मजः ॥

evaṃ bahu ca dīnaṃ ca bruvāṇaṃ gālavaṃ tadā | pratyuvāca vrajanneva prahasanvinatātmajaḥ

As Galava went on speaking at length and so piteously, the son of Vinata, still flying, laughed and answered him.

Verse 20 (5.112.20)

नातिप्रज्ञोऽसि विप्रर्षे योत्मानं त्यक्तुमिच्छसि । न चापि कृत्रिमः कालः कालो हि परमेश्वरः ॥

nātiprajño'si viprarṣe yotmānaṃ tyaktumicchasi | na cāpi kṛtrimaḥ kālaḥ kālo hi parameśvaraḥ

You are not very wise, brahmin seer, if you wish to give up your life. Death does not come at one's own wish; Time is the supreme lord.

Note on the text: Corrected त्युक्तुम् → त्यक्तुम् (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads tyaktum). The sandhi योत्मानं is kept: the Wikisource commentary marks it as archaic (संधिरार्षः).

Verse 21 (5.112.21)

किमहं पूर्वमेवेह भवता नाभिचोदितः । उपायोऽत्र महानस्ति येनैतदुपपद्यते ॥

kimahaṃ pūrvameveha bhavatā nābhicoditaḥ | upāyo'tra mahānasti yenaitadupapadyate

Why did you not tell me this before? There is a great means by which this can be accomplished.

Verse 22 (5.112.22)

तदेष ऋषभो नाम पर्वतः सागरान्तिके । अत्र विश्रम्य भुक्त्वा च निवर्तिष्याव गालव ॥

tadeṣa ṛṣabho nāma parvataḥ sāgarāntike | atra viśramya bhuktvā ca nivartiṣyāva gālava

Here is the mountain called Rishabha, near the sea. Let us rest here and eat, and then we shall turn back, Galava.