Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 5.119
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5.119.1
गालवं वैनतेयोऽथ प्रहसन्निदमब्रवीत् ।
दिष्ट्या कृतार्थं पश्यामि भवन्तमिह वै द्विज ॥ ५.११९.१ ॥
Then Vainateya, laughing, spoke these words to Gālava: "O twice-born, by good fortune I see you here with your aim accomplished."
5.119.2
गालवस्तु वचः श्रुत्वा वैनतेयेन भाषितम् ।
चतुर्भागावशिष्टं तदाचख्यौ कार्यमस्य हि ॥ ५.११९.२ ॥
Hearing Vainateya's words, Gālava told him that a quarter of the task still remained.
5.119.3
सुपर्णस्त्वब्रवीदेनं गालवं वदतां वरः ।
प्रयत्नस्ते न कर्तव्यो नैष संपत्स्यते तव ॥ ५.११९.३ ॥
But Suparṇa, the best of speakers, said to Gālava: "You should not make the effort; this will not succeed for you."
5.119.4
पुरा हि कान्यकुब्जे वै गाधेः सत्यवतीं सुताम् ।
भार्यार्थे वरयत्कन्यामृचीकस्तेन भाषितः ॥ ५.११९.४ ॥
Long ago at Kānyakubja, Ṛcīka asked for the maiden Satyavatī, daughter of Gādhi, to make her his wife, and he was addressed by Gādhi in these words.
5.119.5
एकतःश्यामकर्णानां हयानां चन्द्रवर्चसाम् ।
भगवन्दीयतां मह्यं सहस्रमिति गालव ॥ ५.११९.५ ॥
"O venerable one, let a thousand horses be given to me—dark-eared on one side, moon-bright." Thus, O Gālava.
5.119.6
ऋचीकस्तु तथेत्युक्त्वा वरुणस्यालयं गतः ।
अश्वतीर्थे हयाँल्लब्ध्वा दत्तवान्पार्थिवाय वै ॥ ५.११९.६ ॥
Ṛcīka said, "So be it," and went to the abode of Varuṇa; at Aśvatīrtha he obtained the horses and gave them to the king.
5.119.7
इष्ट्वा ते पुण्डरीकेण दत्ता राज्ञा द्विजातिषु ।
तेभ्यो द्वे द्वे शते क्रीत्वा प्राप्ते तैः पार्थिवैस्तदा ॥ ५.११९.७ ॥
Having performed a sacrifice, King Puṇḍarīka gave gifts among the twice-born; buying two hundred from each of them, the kings then obtained them.
5.119.8
अपराण्यपि चत्वारि शतानि द्विजसत्तम ।
नीयमानानि संतारे हृतान्यासन्नितस्ततः ॥ ५.११९.८ ॥
O best of the twice-born, four hundred more horses, being led, were seized here and there at the river ford.
5.119.9
एवं न शक्यमप्राप्यं प्राप्तुं गालव कर्हिचित् ।
इमामश्वशताभ्यां वै द्वाभ्यां तस्मै निवेदय ॥ ५.११९.९ ॥
O Gālava, what is not obtained in this way can never be obtained; present this one to him with two hundred horses.
5.119.10
विश्वामित्राय धर्मात्मन्षड्भिरश्वशतैः सह ।
ततोऽसि गतसंमोहः कृतकृत्यो द्विजोत्तम ॥ ५.११९.१० ॥
O righteous one, give it to Viśvāmitra together with six hundred horses; then you will be free from delirium and your task accomplished, O best of the twice-born.
5.119.11
गालवस्तं तथेत्युक्त्वा सुपर्णसहितस्ततः ।
आदायाश्वांश्च कन्यां च विश्वामित्रमुपागमत् ॥ ५.११९.११ ॥
Gālava, saying 'So be it', accompanied by Suparṇa, then took the horses and the maiden and went to Viśvāmitra.
5.119.12
अश्वानां काङ्क्षितार्थानां षडिमानि शतानि वै ।
शतद्वयेन कन्येयं भवता प्रतिगृह्यताम् ॥ ५.११९.१२ ॥
These six hundred horses are for the desired purpose; together with two hundred, let this maiden be accepted by you.
5.119.13
अस्यां राजर्षिभिः पुत्रा जाता वै धार्मिकास्त्रयः ।
चतुर्थं जनयत्वेकं भवानपि नरोत्तमम् ॥ ५.११९.१३ ॥
By her, royal sages have begotten three righteous sons. Let her bear for you also a fourth, one excellent man.
5.119.14
पूर्णान्येवं शतान्यष्टौ तुरगाणां भवन्तु ते ।
भवतो ह्यनृणो भूत्वा तपः कुर्यां यथासुखम् ॥ ५.११९.१४ ॥
Thus let the eight hundred horses be complete for you, so that, free of debt to you, I may practise austerity at my ease.
5.119.15
विश्वामित्रस्तु तं दृष्ट्वा गालवं सह पक्षिणा ।
कन्यां च तां वरारोहामिदमित्यब्रवीद्वचः ॥ ५.११९.१५ ॥
Viśvāmitra, seeing Gālava together with the bird, and seeing that fair-hipped maiden, spoke these words.
5.119.16
किमियं पूर्वमेवेह न दत्ता मम गालव ।
पुत्रा ममैव चत्वारो भवेयुः कुलभावनाः ॥ ५.११९.१६ ॥
O Gālava, why was she not given to me before? Let me have four sons of my own to illuminate the family.
5.119.17
प्रतिगृह्णामि ते कन्यामेकपुत्रफलाय वै ।
अश्वाश्चाश्रममासाद्य चरन्तु मम सर्वशः ॥ ५.११९.१७ ॥
For the fruit of a single son I accept this maiden from you. And let the horses, having reached my hermitage, roam everywhere as mine.
5.119.18
स तया रममाणोऽथ विश्वामित्रो महाद्युतिः ।
आत्मजं जनयामास माधवीपुत्रमष्टकम् ॥ ५.११९.१८ ॥
Then, delighting in her, the greatly radiant Viśvāmitra begot a son of his own, Aṣṭaka, the son of Mādhavī.
5.119.19
जातमात्रं सुतं तं च विश्वामित्रो महामुनिः ।
संयोज्यार्थैस्तथा धर्मैरश्वैस्तैः समयोजयत् ॥ ५.११९.१९ ॥
As soon as he was born, the great sage Viśvāmitra endowed that son with wealth and duties, and equipped him with those horses as well.
5.119.20
अथाष्टकः पुरं प्रायात्तदा सोमपुरप्रभम् ।
निर्यात्य कन्यां शिष्याय कौशिकोपि वनं ययौ ॥ ५.११९.२० ॥
Then Aṣṭaka went to his city, radiant like the city of Soma; and Kauśika too, having given the maiden to his disciple, went to the forest.
5.119.21
गालवोपि सुपर्णेन सह निर्यात्य दक्षिणाम् ।
मनसाऽतिप्रतीतेन कन्यामिदमुवाच ह ॥ ५.११९.२१ ॥
Gālava too, having given the fee together with Suparṇa, greatly pleased in mind, spoke these words to the maiden.
5.119.22
जातो दानपतिः पुत्रस्त्वया शूरस्तथाऽपरः ।
सत्यधर्मरतश्चान्यो यज्वा चापि तथाऽपरः ॥ ५.११९.२२ ॥
By you a son, lord of giving, was born, and another valiant one; one delighting in truth and dharma, another a sacrificer, and yet another likewise.
5.119.23
तदागच्छ वरारोहे तारितस्ते पिता सुतैः ।
चत्वारश्चैव राजानस्तथा चाहं सुमध्यमे ॥ ५.११९.२३ ॥
Therefore come, O fair-hipped one; your father has been delivered by sons, and so have four kings, and I too, O slender-waisted one.
5.119.24
गालवस्त्वभ्यनुज्ञाय सुपर्णं पन्नगाशनम् ।
पितुर्निर्यात्य तां कन्यां प्रययौ वनमेव ह ॥ ५.११९.२४ ॥
Gālava, having taken leave of Suparṇa, the eater of serpents, and having handed the maiden over to her father, went off to the forest.