नारद उवाच
एवम् उक्तः सुपर्णेन तथ्यं वचनम् उत्तमम् ॥
विमृश्यावहितो राजा निश्चित्य च पुनः पुनः ॥
यष्टा क्रतुसहस्राणां दाता दानपतिः प्रभुः ॥
ययातिर् वत्सकाशीश इदं वचनम् अब्रवीत् ॥
दृष्ट्वा प्रियसखं तार्क्ष्यं गालवं च द्विजर्षभम् ॥
निदर्शनं च तपसो भिक्षां श्लाघ्यां च कीर्तिताम् ॥
अतीत्य च नृपान् अन्यान् आदित्यकुलसंभवान् ॥
मत्सकाशम् अनुप्राप्ताव् एतौ बुद्धिम् अवेक्ष्य च ॥
अद्य मे सफलं जन्म तारितं चाद्य मे कुलम् ॥
अद्यायं तारितो देशो मम तार्क्ष्य त्वयानघ ॥
nārada uvāca
evam uktaḥ suparṇena tathyaṃ vacanam uttamam ||
vimṛśyāvahito rājā niścitya ca punaḥ punaḥ ||
yaṣṭā kratusahasrāṇāṃ dātā dānapatiḥ prabhuḥ ||
yayātir vatsakāśīśa idaṃ vacanam abravīt ||
dṛṣṭvā priyasakhaṃ tārkṣyaṃ gālavaṃ ca dvijarṣabham ||
nidarśanaṃ ca tapaso bhikṣāṃ ślāghyāṃ ca kīrtitām ||
atītya ca nṛpān anyān ādityakulasaṃbhavān ||
matsakāśam anuprāptāv etau buddhim avekṣya ca ||
adya me saphalaṃ janma tāritaṃ cādya me kulam ||
adyāyaṃ tārito deśo mama tārkṣya tvayānagha ||
Nārada said: 'Thus addressed by Suparna with true and excellent words, King Yayāti — having reflected on them attentively and weighed them again and again, the performer of a thousand sacrifices, the generous lord of gifts, the master of Vatsa and Kāshi — spoke these words. Seeing his dear friend Tārkṣya and Gālava, the best of the twice-born, hearing of the example of austerity and the praiseworthy request that had been proclaimed, and understanding that these two, having passed by other kings of the solar dynasty, had come to him alone, he said: "Today my birth has borne fruit; today my lineage is saved. Today, O Tārkṣya, sinless one, my land too has been saved by you."'
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Yayāti receives the arrival of Garuda and Gālava as an honor and an opportunity to fulfill dharma. He does not take pride in being sought out for help, but sees in it a chance to make his birth fruitful. Giving is thus shown not as loss but as a purifying event for his lineage and his land.