नारद उवाच
गालवं वैनतेयो ऽथ प्रहसन्न् इदम् अब्रवीत् ॥
दिष्ट्या कृतार्थं पश्यामि भवन्तम् इह वै द्विज ॥
गालवस् तु वचः श्रुत्वा वैनतेयेन भाषितम् ॥
चतुर्भागावशिष्टं तद् आचख्यौ कार्यम् अस्य हि ॥
सुपर्णस् त्व् अब्रवीद् एनं गालवं पततां वरः ॥
प्रयत्नस् ते न कर्तव्यो नैष संपत्स्यते तव ॥
पुरा हि कन्यकुब्जे वै गाधेः सत्यवतीं सुताम् ॥
भार्यार्थे ऽवरयत् कन्याम् ऋचीकस् तेन भाषितः ॥
एकतःश्यामकर्णानां हयानां चन्द्रवर्चसाम् ॥
भगवन् दीयतां मह्यं सहस्रम् इति गालव ॥
nārada uvāca
gālavaṃ vainateyo 'tha prahasann idam abravīt ||
diṣṭyā kṛtārthaṃ paśyāmi bhavantam iha vai dvija ||
gālavas tu vacaḥ śrutvā vainateyena bhāṣitam ||
caturbhāgāvaśiṣṭaṃ tad ācakhyau kāryam asya hi ||
suparṇas tv abravīd enaṃ gālavaṃ patatāṃ varaḥ ||
prayatnas te na kartavyo naiṣa saṃpatsyate tava ||
purā hi kanyakubje vai gādheḥ satyavatīṃ sutām ||
bhāryārthe 'varayat kanyām ṛcīkas tena bhāṣitaḥ ||
ekataḥśyāmakarṇānāṃ hayānāṃ candravarcasām ||
bhagavan dīyatāṃ mahyaṃ sahasram iti gālava ||
Narada said: "Then the son of Vinata, smiling, said to Galava: 'Fortunately, O twice-born one, I see you here having achieved your goal.' But Galava, having heard the words of the son of Vinata, replied that his task remained unfulfilled by one quarter. Suparna, the best of flying creatures, said to Galava: 'You need not make any further effort — this will not succeed for you. Long ago in Kanyakubja, Richika sought Satyavati, the daughter of Gadhi, in marriage. He was told: "O venerable one, let a thousand horses be given to me, shining like the moon and each having one black ear."'"
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Suparna at first assumes that Galava's debt is nearly complete, but Galava honestly acknowledges the remaining quarter. This matters: dharma is not fulfilled approximately. Even when most of the task is done, the unfulfilled portion remains a debt, and a wise helper seeks not a convenient way out but a truthful completion.