गुरवे संश्रुतानीह शतान्य् अष्टौ हि वाजिनाम् ॥
एकतःश्यामकर्णानां शुभ्राणां चन्द्रवर्चसाम् ॥
तेषां चैवापवर्गाय मार्गं पश्यामि नाण्डज ॥
ततो ऽयं जीवितत्यागे दृष्टो मार्गो मयात्मनः ॥
नैव मे ऽस्ति धनं किं चिन् न धनेनान्वितः सुहृत् ॥
न चार्थेनापि महता शक्यम् एतद् व्यपोहितुम् ॥
नारद उवाच
एवं बहु च दीनं च ब्रुवाणं गालवं तदा ॥
प्रत्युवाच व्रजन्न् एव प्रहसन् विनतात्मजः ॥
नातिप्रज्ञो ऽसि विप्रर्षे यो ऽऽत्मानं त्यक्तुम् इच्छसि ॥
न चापि कृत्रिमः कालः कालो हि परमेश्वरः ॥
gurave saṃśrutānīha śatāny aṣṭau hi vājinām ||
ekataḥśyāmakarṇānāṃ śubhrāṇāṃ candravarcasām ||
teṣāṃ caivāpavargāya mārgaṃ paśyāmi nāṇḍaja ||
tato 'yaṃ jīvitatyāge dṛṣṭo mārgo mayātmanaḥ ||
naiva me 'sti dhanaṃ kiṃ cin na dhanenānvitaḥ suhṛt ||
na cārthenāpi mahatā śakyam etad vyapohitum ||
nārada uvāca
evaṃ bahu ca dīnaṃ ca bruvāṇaṃ gālavaṃ tadā ||
pratyuvāca vrajann eva prahasan vinatātmajaḥ ||
nātiprajño 'si viprarṣe yo ''tmānaṃ tyaktum icchasi ||
na cāpi kṛtrimaḥ kālaḥ kālo hi parameśvaraḥ ||
"I promised my teacher eight hundred horses, white and moon-bright, each with one black ear. I see no way to free myself from this debt, O egg-born one; therefore the only path I have found for myself is to part with my life. I have no wealth of any kind, and no friend possessed of wealth; even great resources could not remove this burden." Narada said: "When Galava had spoken so long and so piteously, the son of Vinata, still flying on and smiling, answered him: 'O brahmin sage, you are not very wise if you wish to take your own life. Death is not brought about artificially: Time is the supreme lord.'"
c0d17be16e49 · प्रकाशित 17 जुल॰ 2026, 5:30:30 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Galava sees only two extremes: an impossible debt or death. Garuda's answer brings him back to a deeper understanding of dharma: life is not a possession to be cast aside out of despair. Time and destiny stand above human calculation, and so the way out must be sought not in self-destruction but in the right means.