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गुरवे संश्रुतानीह शतान्यष्टौ हि वाजिनाम् । एकतःश्यामकर्णानां शुभ्राणां चन्द्रवर्चसाम्॥५-११०-१६॥
Here I have promised my teacher eight hundred horses—uniformly dark-eared, white in color, and possessing a moonlike radiance.
english translation
तेषां चैवापवर्गाय मार्गं पश्यामि नाण्डज । ततोऽयं जीवितत्यागे दृष्टो मार्गो मयात्मनः॥५-११०-१७॥
And I do not see any means for securing release from that obligation, O egg-born one. Therefore, for myself, the course I have discerned is the relinquishment of life.
english translation
नैव मेऽस्ति धनं किंचिन्न धनेनान्वितः सुहृत् । न चार्थेनापि महता शक्यमेतद्व्यपोहितुम्॥५-११०-१८॥
I have no wealth at all, nor do I have a benefactor endowed with wealth. Nor can this be averted even by great material means.
english translation
नारद उवाच । एवं बहु च दीनं च ब्रुवाणं गालवं तदा । प्रत्युवाच व्रजन्नेव प्रहसन्विनतात्मजः॥५-११०-१९॥
Nārada said: As Gālava spoke at length and in a dejected manner, Vinatā’s son replied to him while continuing onward, with a light, amused demeanor.
english translation
नातिप्रज्ञोऽसि विप्रर्षे योऽऽत्मानं त्यक्तुमिच्छसि । न चापि कृत्रिमः कालः कालो हि परमेश्वरः॥५-११०-२०॥
You are not acting with sound discernment, O best of brahmins, in wishing to abandon your life. Time is not something artificial or subject to fabrication; Time indeed is the supreme governor.
english translation