05.110

गालव उवाच॥

Gālava said:

गरुत्मन्भुजगेन्द्रारे सुपर्ण विनतात्मज। नय मां तार्क्ष्य पूर्वेण यत्र धर्मस्य चक्षुषी ॥५-११०-१॥

Garutman, destroyer of serpent lords, Suparna, son of Vinata, O Tarkshya, lead me eastward to where the eyes of Dharma are. (5-110-1)

पूर्वमेतां दिशं गच्छ या पूर्वं परिकीर्तिता। दैवतानां हि सांनिध्यमत्र कीर्तितवानसि ॥५-११०-२॥

Go to this eastern direction, which has previously been celebrated as such; for it is here that you have declared the presence of the gods. (5-110-2)

अत्र सत्यं च धर्मश्च त्वया सम्यक्प्रकीर्तितः। इच्छेयं तु समागन्तुं समस्तैर्दैवतैरहम् । भूयश्च तान्सुरान्द्रष्टुमिच्छेयमरुणानुज ॥५-११०-३॥

Here, truth and righteousness have indeed been properly declared by you; however, I wish to assemble with all the gods. I would also like to see those deities again, O Aruṇa's younger brother. (5-110-3)

नारद उवाच॥

Nārada said:

तमाह विनतासूनुरारोहस्वेति वै द्विजम्। आरुरोहाथ स मुनिर्गरुडं गालवस्तदा ॥५-११०-४॥

Then the son of Vinatā said to the brahmin, 'Climb up,' and at that the sage Gālava mounted Garuḍa. (5-110-4)

गालव उवाच॥

Gālava said:

क्रममाणस्य ते रूपं दृश्यते पन्नगाशन। भास्करस्येव पूर्वाह्णे सहस्रांशोर्विवस्वतः ॥५-११०-५॥

O eater of serpents, as you move along, your form appears like that of Vivasvat, the thousand-rayed Sun, in the early morning. (5-110-5)

पक्षवातप्रणुन्नानां वृक्षाणामनुगामिनाम्। प्रस्थितानामिव समं पश्यामीह गतिं खग ॥५-११०-६॥

O bird, here I see the movement, as if of trees driven by the wind of your wings, proceeding together in close succession. (5-110-6)

ससागरवनामुर्वीं सशैलवनकाननाम्। आकर्षन्निव चाभासि पक्षवातेन खेचर ॥५-११०-७॥

O you who move through the sky, by your wing-wind you appear as if drawing along the earth itself, with its oceans, forests, mountains, and thickets. (5-110-7)

समीननागनक्रं च खमिवारोप्यते जलम्। वायुना चैव महता पक्षवातेन चानिशम् ॥५-११०-८॥

The water, with its fish, serpents, and crocodiles, seemed as if it were being lifted up into the sky, constantly, by the great wind and the beating of wings. (5-110-8)

तुल्यरूपाननान्मत्स्यांस्तिमिमत्स्यांस्तिमिङ्गिलान्। नागांश्च नरवक्त्रांश्च पश्याम्युन्मथितानिव ॥५-११०-९॥

I see large numbers of fishes of similar form, whales, timingilas, serpents, and even human-faced beings, as if they have been tossed about. (5-110-9)

महार्णवस्य च रवैः श्रोत्रे मे बधिरीकृते। न शृणोमि न पश्यामि नात्मनो वेद्मि कारणम् ॥५-११०-१०॥

Because the roaring of the great ocean has deafened my ears, I can neither hear nor see, nor do I know the reason myself. (5-110-10)

शनैः साधु भवान्यातु ब्रह्महत्यामनुस्मरन्। न दृश्यते रविस्तात न दिशो न च खं खग ॥५-११०-११॥

Go slowly and gently, remembering the killing of a Brahmin. Dear one, the sun is not seen, nor are the directions, nor the sky, nor a bird. (5-110-11)

तम एव तु पश्यामि शरीरं ते न लक्षये। मणीव जात्यौ पश्यामि चक्षुषी तेऽहमण्डज ॥५-११०-१२॥

But I see only that; I do not see your body. I see your two eyes like jewels—your eyes, O bird. (5-110-12)

शरीरे तु न पश्यामि तव चैवात्मनश्च ह। पदे पदे तु पश्यामि सलिलादग्निमुत्थितम् ॥५-११०-१३॥

But in the body—of you and of yourself—I do not see it; yet at every step, I see fire rising from water. (5-110-13)

स मे निर्वाप्य सहसा चक्षुषी शाम्यते पुनः। तन्निवर्त महान्कालो गच्छतो विनतात्मज ॥५-११०-१४॥

That fire is quickly extinguished for me and my sight fades again; O son of Vinatā, that great Time returns as you proceed. (5-110-14)

न मे प्रयोजनं किञ्चिद्गमने पन्नगाशन। संनिवर्त महावेग न वेगं विषहामि ते ॥५-११०-१५॥

I have no purpose at all in going, O eater of serpents; turn back, mighty one— I cannot endure your speed. (5-110-15)

गुरवे संश्रुतानीह शतान्यष्टौ हि वाजिनाम्। एकतःश्यामकर्णानां शुभ्राणां चन्द्रवर्चसाम् ॥५-११०-१६॥

Here, hundreds of horses, and indeed eight that are white with radiant moonlike brilliance and uniformly dark ears, have been promised to the guru. (5-110-16)

तेषां चैवापवर्गाय मार्गं पश्यामि नाण्डज। ततोऽयं जीवितत्यागे दृष्टो मार्गो मयात्मनः ॥५-११०-१७॥

O egg-born one, I see no path of release for them; therefore, abandoning my own life seems to me to be the only path. (5-110-17)

नैव मेऽस्ति धनं किञ्चिन्न धनेनान्वितः सुहृत्। न चार्थेनापि महता शक्यमेतद्व्यपोहितुम् ॥५-११०-१८॥

Indeed, I have no wealth; nor is there a friend endowed with wealth. Nor is it possible to dispel this even by means of great riches. (5-110-18)

नारद उवाच॥

Nārada said:

एवं बहु च दीनं च ब्रुवाणं गालवं तदा। प्रत्युवाच व्रजन्नेव प्रहसन्विनतात्मजः ॥५-११०-१९॥

Then, as Gālava spoke at length and in distress, the son of Vinatā, smiling as he went, replied. (5-110-19)

नातिप्रज्ञोऽसि विप्रर्षे योऽऽत्मानं त्यक्तुमिच्छसि। न चापि कृत्रिमः कालः कालो हि परमेश्वरः ॥५-११०-२०॥

You are not very wise, O best of Brahmins, since you wish to give up your own life. Nor is time artificial, for time is truly the supreme lord. (5-110-20)

किमहं पूर्वमेवेह भवता नाभिचोदितः। उपायोऽत्र महानस्ति येनैतदुपपद्यते ॥५-११०-२१॥

Why was I not urged by you earlier here? There is a great means by which this can be accomplished. (5-110-21)

तदेष ऋषभो नाम पर्वतः सागरोरसि। अत्र विश्रम्य भुक्त्वा च निवर्तिष्याव गालव ॥५-११०-२२॥

Therefore, this is the mountain named Ṛṣabha on the shore of the ocean. Let us rest and eat here, O Gālava, and then we shall return. (5-110-22)