Mahabharata · 5.116.21
॥
Devanāgarī
उपस्थाय स तं विप्रो गालवः प्रतिगृह्य च ॥
कन्यां प्रयातस् तां राजन् दृष्टवान् विनतात्मजम् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
upasthāya sa taṃ vipro gālavaḥ pratigṛhya ca ||
kanyāṃ prayātas tāṃ rājan dṛṣṭavān vinatātmajam ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
उपस्थायupasthāyahaving come; having appeared
सsahe; this one
तंtaṃto him; him
विप्रोviprothe brahmin; the sage
गालवःgālavaḥGalava; the sage Galava
प्रतिगृह्यpratigṛhyahaving received back; having taken back
चcaand; also
कन्यांkanyāṃthe maiden; the daughter
प्रयातस्prayātashaving set out; having departed
तांtāṃher; that one
राजन्rājanO king; O ruler
दृष्टवान्dṛṣṭavānsaw; beheld
विनतात्मजम्vinatātmajamthe son of Vinata; Garuda
Translation
Having come to him, the brahmin Galava received the maiden back and, having set out with her, O king, he then beheld the son of Vinata.
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Galava takes Madhavi back again and continues on his way. The narrative does not linger over Aushinara's royal happiness: Galava's vow is not yet fully discharged, and the meeting with the son of Vinata opens the next step of this arduous duty.