Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 5.107
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5.107.1
एवमुक्तस्तदा तेन विश्वामित्रेण धीमता ।
नास्ते न शेते नाहारं कुरुते गालवस्तदा ॥ ५.१०७.१ ॥
Thus addressed by the wise Viśvāmitra, Gālava then neither sat, nor lay down, nor took food.
5.107.2
त्वगस्थिभूतो हरिणाश्चिन्ताशोकपरायणः ।
शोचमानोऽतिमात्रं स दह्यमानश्च मन्युना ।
गालवो दुःखितो दुःखाद्विललाप सुयोधन ॥ ५.१०७.२ ॥
Reduced to skin and bones, given over to anxiety and sorrow, lamenting excessively and burning with anguish, Gālava, distressed by grief, wailed, O Suyodhana.
5.107.3
कुतः पुष्टानि मित्राणि कुतोऽर्थाः सञ्चयः कृतः ।
हयानां चन्द्रशुभ्राणां शतान्यष्टौ कुतो मम ॥ ५.१०७.३ ॥
Where are my nourished friends? Where has my store of wealth been gathered? Where are my eight hundred horses, white as the moon?
5.107.4
कुतो मे भोजने श्रद्धा सुखश्रद्धा कुतश्च मे ।
श्रद्धा मे जीवितस्यापि छिन्ना किं जीवितेन मे ॥ ५.१०७.४ ॥
Where is my appetite for food? Where is my faith in happiness? Even my hope in life is severed; what is life to me?
5.107.5
अहं पारे समुद्रस्य पृथिव्या वा परं परात् ।
गत्वाऽऽत्मानं विमुञ्चामि किं फलं जीवितेन मे ॥ ५.१०७.५ ॥
Going to the far side of the ocean, or beyond the furthest reaches of the earth, I shall release myself. What benefit is life to me?
5.107.6
अदनस्याकृतार्थस्य त्यक्तस्य विविधैः फलैः ।
ऋणं धारयमाणस्य कुतः सुखमनीहया ॥ ५.१०७.६ ॥
For one who does not eat, whose aims are unfulfilled, who is abandoned by the many fruits of life, who bears a debt, where is happiness without desire?
5.107.7
सुहृदां हि धनं भुक्त्वा कृत्वा प्रणयमीप्सितम् ।
प्रतिकर्तुमशक्तस्य जीवितान्मरणं वरम् ॥ ५.१०७.७ ॥
Having enjoyed the wealth of friends and gained their cherished affection, one who is unable to repay it is better off dead than alive.
5.107.8
प्रतिश्रुत्य करिष्येति कर्तव्यं तदकुर्वतः ।
मिथ्यावचनदग्धस्य इष्टापूर्तं प्रणश्यति ॥ ५.१०७.८ ॥
For one who promises, "I will do it," yet does not do that duty, the merit of sacrifice and charity is destroyed, scorched by false speech.
5.107.9
न रूपमनृतस्यास्ति नानृतस्यास्ति सन्ततिः ।
नानृतस्याधिपत्यं च कुत एव गतिः शुभा ॥ ५.१०७.९ ॥
Falsehood has no form, falsehood has no offspring, falsehood has no sovereignty; whence, then, could it have a good destination?
5.107.10
कुतः कृतघ्नस्य यशः कुतः स्थानं कुतः सुखम् ।
अश्रद्धेयः कृतघ्नो हि कृतघ्ने नास्ति निष्कृतिः ॥ ५.१०७.१० ॥
Where is fame for the ungrateful, where a place, where happiness? The ungrateful man cannot be trusted, and for the ungrateful there is no atonement.
5.107.11
न जीवत्यधनः पापः कुतः पापस्य तन्त्रणम् ।
पापो ध्रुवमवाप्नोति विनाशं नाशयन्कृतम् ॥ ५.१०७.११ ॥
The poor sinner does not live; where is protection for the sinner? The sinner surely meets destruction, destroying even the good he has done.
5.107.12
सोऽहं पापः कृतघ्नस्य कृपणश्चानृतोऽपि च ।
गुरोर्यः कृतकार्यः संस्तत्करोमि न भाषितम् ॥ ५.१०७.१२ ॥
I am sinful, ungrateful, wretched, and false as well: though I have accomplished my teacher's task, I do not regard it as done, and I do not keep the word I spoke.
5.107.13
सोऽहं प्राणान्विमोक्ष्यामि कृत्वा यत्नमनुत्तमम् ।
अर्थिता न मया काचित्कृतपूर्वा दिवौकसाम् ॥ ५.१०७.१३ ॥
Having made my supreme effort, I shall give up my life; never before have I made a request of the dwellers of heaven.
5.107.14
मानयन्ति च मां सर्वे त्रिदशा यज्ञसंस्तरे ।
अहं तु विबुधश्रेष्ठं देवं त्रिभुवनेश्वरम् ।
विष्णुं गच्छाम्यहं कृष्णं गतिं गतिमतां वरम् ॥ ५.१०७.१४ ॥
In the sacrificial assembly all the gods honor me; but I go to Kṛṣṇa, Viṣṇu, best of gods, lord of the three worlds, the finest goal among those who seek goals.
5.107.15
भोगा यस्मात्प्रतिष्ठन्ते व्याप्य सर्वान्सुरासुरान् ।
प्रणतो द्रष्टुमिच्छामि कृष्णं योगिनमव्ययम् ॥ ५.१०७.१५ ॥
From whom all enjoyments are established, who pervades all gods and demons — I wish to see Kṛṣṇa, the imperishable yogin, by bowing down.
5.107.16
एवमुक्ते सखा तस्य गरुडो विनतात्मजः ।
दर्शयामास तं प्राह संहृष्टः प्रियकाम्यया ॥ ५.१०७.१६ ॥
Thus addressed, his friend Garuḍa, son of Vinatā, showed himself to him, and, delighted and wishing to please, spoke.
5.107.17
सहृद्भवान्मम मतः सुहृदां च मतः सुहृत् ।
ईप्सितेनाभिलाषेण योक्तव्यो विभवे सति ॥ ५.१०७.१७ ॥
You are my well-wisher, and in my view the best of friends among friends; when there is means, you should be joined with me through the wish you desire.
5.107.18
विभवश्चास्ति मे विप्र वासवावरजो द्विज ।
पूर्वमुक्तस्त्वदर्थं च कृतः कामश्च तेन मे ॥ ५.१०७.१८ ॥
O brahmin, O twice-born, I too have means; the younger brother of Vāsava (Viṣṇu) spoke before on your behalf, and through him my own desire was fulfilled.
5.107.19
स भवानेतु गच्छाव नयिष्ये त्वां यथासुखम् ।
देशं पारं पृथिव्या वा गच्छ गालव मा चिरम् ॥ ५.१०७.१९ ॥
Come then, let us go; I will lead you comfortably. Go to a country beyond the earth's far shore, Gālava, do not delay.