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Mahabharat

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नारद उवाच । एवमुक्तस्तदा तेन विश्वामित्रेण धीमता । नास्ते न शेते नाहारं कुरुते गालवस्तदा॥५-१०५-१॥

Nārada said: Thus addressed then by the wise Viśvāmitra, Gālava at that time neither sat nor lay down, and he took no food.

english translation

त्वगस्थिभूतो हरिणश्चिन्ताशोकपरायणः । शोचमानोऽतिमात्रं स दह्यमानश्च मन्युना॥५-१०५-२॥

He became like a deer reduced to skin and bone, absorbed in anxiety and grief; he lamented excessively, and he was inwardly consumed by anger.

english translation

कुतः पुष्टानि मित्राणि कुतोऽर्थाः संचयः कुतः । हयानां चन्द्रशुभ्राणां शतान्यष्टौ कुतो मम॥५-१०५-३॥

Where are well-supported allies to be found? Where is wealth, where any reserve? And where, for me, are eight hundred moon-bright horses to be obtained?

english translation

कुतो मे भोजनश्रद्धा सुखश्रद्धा कुतश्च मे । श्रद्धा मे जीवितस्यापि छिन्ना किं जीवितेन मे॥५-१०५-४॥

How can I have any inclination toward food? How can I have any confidence in comfort? Even my will to live has been cut off—what use is life to me?

english translation

अहं पारं समुद्रस्य पृथिव्या वा परं परात् । गत्वात्मानं विमुञ्चामि किं फलं जीवितेन मे॥५-१०५-५॥

I shall go to the far shore of the ocean, or beyond the farthest limit of the earth, and relinquish my life; what benefit is life to me?

english translation