नारद उवाच
तथैव सा श्रियं त्यक्त्वा कन्या भूत्वा यशस्विनी ॥
माधवी गालवं विप्रम् अन्वयात् सत्यसंगरा ॥
गालवो विमृशन्न् एव स्वकार्यगतमानसः ॥
जगाम भोजनगरं द्रष्टुम् औशीनरं नृपम् ॥
तम् उवाचाथ गत्वा स नृपतिं सत्यविक्रमम् ॥
इयं कन्या सुतौ द्वौ ते जनयिष्यति पार्थिवौ ॥
अस्यां भवान् अवाप्तार्थो भविता प्रेत्य चेह च ॥
सोमार्कप्रतिसंकाशौ जनयित्वा सुतौ नृप ॥
शुल्कं तु सर्वधर्मज्ञ हयानां चन्द्रवर्चसाम् ॥
एकतःश्यामकर्णानां देयं मह्यं चतुःशतम् ॥
nārada uvāca
tathaiva sā śriyaṃ tyaktvā kanyā bhūtvā yaśasvinī ||
mādhavī gālavaṃ vipram anvayāt satyasaṃgarā ||
gālavo vimṛśann eva svakāryagatamānasaḥ ||
jagāma bhojanagaraṃ draṣṭum auśīnaraṃ nṛpam ||
tam uvācātha gatvā sa nṛpatiṃ satyavikramam ||
iyaṃ kanyā sutau dvau te janayiṣyati pārthivau ||
asyāṃ bhavān avāptārtho bhavitā pretya ceha ca ||
somārkapratisaṃkāśau janayitvā sutau nṛpa ||
śulkaṃ tu sarvadharmajña hayānāṃ candravarcasām ||
ekataḥśyāmakarṇānāṃ deyaṃ mahyaṃ catuḥśatam ||
Narada said: "So too Madhavi, the glorious maiden, giving up her royal splendor and becoming a maiden once more, true to her promise, followed the brahmin Galava. Galava, reflecting and keeping his mind fixed on his task, went to Bhojanagara to see king Aushinara. Having come to that ruler whose valor was true to his word, he said: 'This maiden will bear you two kingly sons. Through her, O king, you will attain your purpose both in this world and after death, having begotten two sons resembling the moon and the sun. But as bride-price, O knower of all dharma, four hundred horses must be given to me — moon-bright, each with one black ear.'"
602973bf1a77 · प्रकाशित 17 जुल॰ 2026, 5:35:25 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Madhavi becomes a maiden again and continues to follow Galava, for her personal fate is subordinate to the promise once given. Galava addresses Aushinara not as a mere buyer but as a king for whom the birth of sons is bound up with dharma, with good beyond death, and with the continuation of a righteous line.