Garuda Pleads for Galava before Yayati

Verse 1 (5.114.1)

अथाह गालवं दीनं सुपर्णः पततां वरः । निर्मितं वह्निना भूमौ वायुना शोधितं तथा । यस्माद्धिरण्मयं सर्वं हिरण्यं तेन चोच्यते ॥

athāha gālavaṃ dīnaṃ suparṇaḥ patatāṃ varaḥ | nirmitaṃ vahninā bhūmau vāyunā śodhitaṃ tathā | yasmāddhiraṇmayaṃ sarvaṃ hiraṇyaṃ tena cocyate

Then Suparna, best of fliers, said to the dejected Galava: "Gold is fashioned by fire within the earth and purified by the wind; and because all this world is full of it, it is called hiranya."

Verse 2 (5.114.2)

धत्ते धारयते चेदमेतस्मात्कारणाद्धनम् । तदेतत्त्रिषु लोकेषु धनं तिष्ठति शाश्वतम् ॥

dhatte dhārayate cedametasmātkāraṇāddhanam | tadetattriṣu lokeṣu dhanaṃ tiṣṭhati śāśvatam

Because it sustains and supports this world, for that reason it is called dhana, wealth. This wealth abides for ever in the three worlds.

Note on the text: Corrected चेदमतस्मात् → चेदमेतस्मात् and तदेतत्रिषु → तदेतत्त्रिषु (misprints in Wikisource; अतस्मात् is not a word, and a त् is lost in तत् + त्रिषु; the critical edition reads cedam etasmāt and tad etat triṣu).

Verse 3 (5.114.3)

नित्यं प्रोष्ठपदाभ्यां च शुक्रे धनपतौ तथा । मनुष्येभ्यः समादत्ते शुक्रश्चित्तार्जितं धनम् ॥

nityaṃ proṣṭhapadābhyāṃ ca śukre dhanapatau tathā | manuṣyebhyaḥ samādatte śukraścittārjitaṃ dhanam

Always, under the two Proshthapada stars and on the day of Shukra, for the sake of the lord of wealth, Shukra takes from men the wealth their minds have earned.

Verse 4 (5.114.4)

अजैकपादहिर्बुध्न्यौ रक्ष्येते धनदेन च । एवं न शक्यते लब्धुमलब्धव्यं द्विजर्षभ । ऋते च धनमश्वानां नावाप्तिर्विद्यते तव ॥

ajaikapādahirbudhnyau rakṣyete dhanadena ca | evaṃ na śakyate labdhumalabdhavyaṃ dvijarṣabha | ṛte ca dhanamaśvānāṃ nāvāptirvidyate tava

It is guarded by Ajaikapad and Ahirbudhnya and by Kubera, the giver of wealth. So what is not destined to be gained cannot be gained, bull among brahmins; and without wealth there is no way for you to obtain the horses.

Note on the text: The verse is divided differently from the critical edition: its first two lines are CE 5.112.4 and its third line is CE 5.112.5a.

Verse 5 (5.114.5)

स त्वं याचात्र राजानं कंचिद्राजर्षिवंशजम् । अपीड्य राजा पौरान्हि यो नौ कुर्यात्कृतार्थिनौ ॥

sa tvaṃ yācātra rājānaṃ kaṃcidrājarṣivaṃśajam | apīḍya rājā paurānhi yo nau kuryātkṛtārthinau

So beg here from some king born in a line of royal sages — a king who can fulfil our purpose without oppressing his citizens.

Note on the text: CE 5.112.5c–f (the critical edition reads arthaṃ where Wikisource has स त्वं).

Verse 6 (5.114.6)

अस्ति सोमान्ववाये मे जातः कश्चिन्नृपः सखा । अभिगच्छावहे तं वै तस्यास्ति विभवो भुवि ॥

asti somānvavāye me jātaḥ kaścinnṛpaḥ sakhā | abhigacchāvahe taṃ vai tasyāsti vibhavo bhuvi

There is a king, a friend of mine, born in the lineage of Soma. Let us go to him; he has riches on the earth.

Verse 7 (5.114.7)

ययातिर्नाम राजर्षिर्नाहुषः सत्यविक्रमः । स दास्यति मया चोक्तो भवता चार्थितः स्वयम् ॥

yayātirnāma rājarṣirnāhuṣaḥ satyavikramaḥ | sa dāsyati mayā cokto bhavatā cārthitaḥ svayam

He is the royal sage named Yayati, son of Nahusha, true in his valour. Asked by you in person and spoken to by me, he will give.

Note on the text: Corrected नोहुषः → नाहुषः (misprint in Wikisource; Yayati is the son of Nahusha; the critical edition reads nāhuṣaḥ).

Verse 8 (5.114.8)

विभवश्चास्य सुमहानासीद्धनपतेरिव । एवं गुरुधनं विद्वन्दानेनैव विशोधय ॥

vibhavaścāsya sumahānāsīddhanapateriva | evaṃ gurudhanaṃ vidvandānenaiva viśodhaya

His wealth was vast, like that of Kubera, the lord of riches. So, learned one, clear your debt to your teacher through his gift.

Verse 9 (5.114.9)

तथा तौ कथयन्तौ च चिन्तयन्तौ च यत्क्षमम् । प्रतिष्ठाने नरपतिं ययातिं प्रत्युपस्थितौ ॥

tathā tau kathayantau ca cintayantau ca yatkṣamam | pratiṣṭhāne narapatiṃ yayātiṃ pratyupasthitau

So, talking together and weighing what was best to do, the two came before King Yayati at Pratishthana.

Verse 10 (5.114.10)

प्रतिगृह्य च सत्कारैरर्घ्यपाद्यादिकं वरम् । पृष्टश्चागमने हेतुमुवाच विनतासुतः ॥

pratigṛhya ca satkārairarghyapādyādikaṃ varam | pṛṣṭaścāgamane hetumuvāca vinatāsutaḥ

Having received the honours of welcome — the excellent guest-water, water for the feet and the rest — and being asked why they had come, the son of Vinata spoke:

Verse 11 (5.114.11)

अयं मे नाहुष सखा गालवस्तपसो निधिः । विश्वामित्रस्य शिष्योऽभूद्वर्षाण्ययुतशो नृप ॥

ayaṃ me nāhuṣa sakhā gālavastapaso nidhiḥ | viśvāmitrasya śiṣyo'bhūdvarṣāṇyayutaśo nṛpa

Son of Nahusha, this is my friend Galava, a treasury of austerity. He was the disciple of Vishvamitra for tens of thousands of years, O king.

Verse 12 (5.114.12)

सोऽयं तेनाभ्यनुज्ञात उपकारेप्सया द्विजः । तमाह भगवान्किं ते ददानि गुरुदक्षिणाम् ॥

so'yaṃ tenābhyanujñāta upakārepsayā dvijaḥ | tamāha bhagavānkiṃ te dadāni gurudakṣiṇām

When his teacher gave him leave, this brahmin, wishing to repay the kindness, said to him, "Lord, what shall I give you as my teacher's fee?"

Verse 13 (5.114.13)

असकृत्तेन चोक्तेन किंचिदागतमन्युना । अयमुक्तः प्रयच्छेति जानता विभवं लघु ॥

asakṛttena coktena kiṃcidāgatamanyunā | ayamuktaḥ prayaccheti jānatā vibhavaṃ laghu

When he had said this again and again, Vishvamitra grew somewhat angry, and, knowing how slender his means were, told him, "Give!"

Verse 14 (5.114.14)

एकतःश्यामकर्णानां शुभ्राणां शुद्धजन्मनाम् । अष्टौ शतानि मे देहि हयानां चन्द्रवर्चसाम् ॥

ekataḥśyāmakarṇānāṃ śubhrāṇāṃ śuddhajanmanām | aṣṭau śatāni me dehi hayānāṃ candravarcasām

"Give me eight hundred horses, white, of pure breed, with the radiance of the moon, each with one ear black."

Verse 15 (5.114.15)

गुर्वर्थो दीयतामेव यदि गालव मन्यसे । इत्येवमाह सक्रोधो विश्वामित्रस्तपोधनः ॥

gurvartho dīyatāmeva yadi gālava manyase | ityevamāha sakrodho viśvāmitrastapodhanaḥ

"Let your teacher's fee be paid, Galava, if you are so minded." So spoke Vishvamitra, rich in austerity, in his anger.

Verse 16 (5.114.16)

सोऽयं शोकेन महता तप्यमानो द्विजर्षभः । अशक्तः प्रतिकर्तुं तद्भवन्तं शरणं गतः ॥

so'yaṃ śokena mahatā tapyamāno dvijarṣabhaḥ | aśaktaḥ pratikartuṃ tadbhavantaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ

Now this bull among brahmins, tormented by great sorrow and unable to make that return, has come to you for refuge.

Verse 17 (5.114.17)

प्रतिगृह्य नरव्याघ्र त्वत्तो भिक्षां गतव्यथः । कृत्वाऽऽपवर्गं गुरवे चरिष्यति महत्तपः ॥

pratigṛhya naravyāghra tvatto bhikṣāṃ gatavyathaḥ | kṛtvā''pavargaṃ gurave cariṣyati mahattapaḥ

Receiving alms from you, tiger among men, he will be free of his distress; and when he has paid his teacher in full he will practise great austerities.

Verse 18 (5.114.18)

तपसः संविभागेन भवन्तमपि योक्ष्यते । स्वेन राजर्षितपसा पूर्णं त्वां पूरयिष्यति ॥

tapasaḥ saṃvibhāgena bhavantamapi yokṣyate | svena rājarṣitapasā pūrṇaṃ tvāṃ pūrayiṣyati

By giving you a share of his austerities he will join you to them as well; you are already full with your own austerity as a royal sage, and he will fill you fuller still.

Verse 19 (5.114.19)

यावन्ति रोमाणि हये भवन्तीह नरेश्वर । तावन्तो वाजिनो लोकान्प्राप्नुवन्ति महीपते ॥

yāvanti romāṇi haye bhavantīha nareśvara | tāvanto vājino lokānprāpnuvanti mahīpate

As many hairs as there are on a horse, lord of men, so many are the worlds that are won through the gift of horses, lord of the earth.

Verse 20 (5.114.20)

पात्रं प्रतिग्रहस्यायं दातुं पात्रं तथा भवान् । शङ्खे क्षीरमिवासक्तं भवत्वेतत्तथोपमम् ॥

pātraṃ pratigrahasyāyaṃ dātuṃ pātraṃ tathā bhavān | śaṅkhe kṣīramivāsaktaṃ bhavatvetattathopamam

He is a worthy recipient of a gift, and you are a worthy giver. Let this gift be like milk poured into a conch shell.