गालव उवाच
गरुत्मन् भुजगेन्द्रारे सुपर्ण विनतात्मज ॥
नय मां तार्क्ष्य पूर्वेण यत्र धर्मस्य चक्षुषी ॥
पूर्वम् एतां दिशं गच्छ या पूर्वं परिकीर्तिता ॥
दैवतानां हि सांनिध्यम् अत्र कीर्तितवान् असि ॥
अत्र सत्यं च धर्मश् च त्वया सम्यक् प्रकीर्तितः ॥
इच्छेयं तु समागन्तुं समस्तैर् दैवतैर् अहम् ॥
भूयश् च तान् सुरान् द्रष्टुम् इच्छेयम् अरुणानुज ॥
नारद उवाच
तम् आह विनतासूनुर् आरोहस्वेति वै द्विजम् ॥
आरुरोहाथ स मुनिर् गरुडं गालवस् तदा ॥
गालव उवाच
क्रममाणस्य ते रूपं दृश्यते पन्नगाशन ॥
भास्करस्येव पूर्वाह्णे सहस्रांशोर् विवस्वतः ॥
gālava uvāca
garutman bhujagendrāre suparṇa vinatātmaja ||
naya māṃ tārkṣya pūrveṇa yatra dharmasya cakṣuṣī ||
pūrvam etāṃ diśaṃ gaccha yā pūrvaṃ parikīrtitā ||
daivatānāṃ hi sāṃnidhyam atra kīrtitavān asi ||
atra satyaṃ ca dharmaś ca tvayā samyak prakīrtitaḥ ||
iccheyaṃ tu samāgantuṃ samastair daivatair aham ||
bhūyaś ca tān surān draṣṭum iccheyam aruṇānuja ||
nārada uvāca
tam āha vinatāsūnur ārohasveti vai dvijam ||
ārurohātha sa munir garuḍaṃ gālavas tadā ||
gālava uvāca
kramamāṇasya te rūpaṃ dṛśyate pannagāśana ||
bhāskarasyeva pūrvāhṇe sahasrāṃśor vivasvataḥ ||
Galava said: "O Garuda, foe of the lords of serpents, O Suparna, son of Vinata, carry me, Tarkshya, eastward, to where the two eyes of dharma abide. Go toward that quarter which you praised before, for you said that the deities dwell there. There, you said, truth and dharma have been rightly proclaimed. I would wish to meet with all the gods and to behold those celestials once again, O younger brother of Aruna." Narada said: "The son of Vinata answered the brahmin: 'Mount.' Then the sage Galava climbed upon Garuda." Galava said: "O devourer of serpents, as you move, your form appears like the morning Sun, the thousand-rayed Vivasvat."
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Galava chooses the eastern direction not out of curiosity but because he associates it with truth, dharma, and the presence of the gods. His request shows that the path to fulfilling one's duty must begin with turning toward the higher order, not merely with reckoning one's own strength. The image of Garuda shining like the morning sun underscores the greatness of the guide, yet already foreshadows that human limitation will not withstand such divine speed.