नारद उवाच
हर्यश्वस् त्व् अब्रवीद् राजा विचिन्त्य बहुधा ततः ॥
दीर्घम् उष्णं च निःश्वस्य प्रजाहेतोर् नृपोत्तमः ॥
उन्नतेषून्नता षट्सु सूक्ष्मा सूक्ष्मेषु सप्तसु ॥
गम्भीरा त्रिषु गम्भीरेष्व् इयं रक्ता च पञ्चसु ॥
बहुदेवासुरालोका बहुगन्धर्वदर्शना ॥
बहुलक्षणसंपन्ना बहुप्रसवधारिणी ॥
समर्थेयं जनयितुं चक्रवर्तिनम् आत्मजम् ॥
ब्रूहि शुल्कं द्विजश्रेष्ठ समीक्ष्य विभवं मम ॥
गालव उवाच
एकतःश्यामकर्णानां शतान्य् अष्टौ ददस्व मे ॥
हयानां चन्द्रशुभ्राणां देशजानां वपुष्मताम् ॥
nārada uvāca
haryaśvas tv abravīd rājā vicintya bahudhā tataḥ ||
dīrgham uṣṇaṃ ca niḥśvasya prajāhetor nṛpottamaḥ ||
unnateṣūnnatā ṣaṭsu sūkṣmā sūkṣmeṣu saptasu ||
gambhīrā triṣu gambhīreṣv iyaṃ raktā ca pañcasu ||
bahudevāsurālokā bahugandharvadarśanā ||
bahulakṣaṇasaṃpannā bahuprasavadhāriṇī ||
samartheyaṃ janayituṃ cakravartinam ātmajam ||
brūhi śulkaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha samīkṣya vibhavaṃ mama ||
gālava uvāca
ekataḥśyāmakarṇānāṃ śatāny aṣṭau dadasva me ||
hayānāṃ candraśubhrāṇāṃ deśajānāṃ vapuṣmatām ||
Narada said: 'Then King Haryashva, having pondered long, and heaving a deep, burning sigh for the sake of offspring, that excellent ruler spoke: "In six exalted parts she is exalted, in seven delicate parts delicate, in three deep parts deep, and in five places red. She has been beheld by many gods and asuras, seen by many gandharvas; she is endowed with a multitude of auspicious marks and is capable of bearing abundant offspring. This maiden can give birth to a son who will be a chakravartin. O best of the twice-born, name the bride-price, having weighed my means." Galava said: "Give me eight hundred horses, moon-white and of native breed, beautiful in form, each with one black ear."'
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Haryashva assesses Madhavi through a king's eye for the marks of a future mother of kings. In his words, beauty and desire are not the only concern — the question of offspring matters just as much: he seeks a son capable of becoming a chakravartin. Galava, for his part, brings the conversation back to the purpose of his vow — the horses needed for the guru-dakshina.