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अयं मे नाहुष सखा गालवस्तपसो निधिः । विश्वामित्रस्य शिष्योऽभूद्वर्षाण्ययुतशो नृप॥५-११२-११॥
“O Nahuṣa, this is my friend Gālava, a repository of ascetic discipline. O king, he was a student of Viśvāmitra for tens of thousands of years.”
english translation
सोऽयं तेनाभ्यनुज्ञात उपकारेप्सया द्विजः । तमाह भगवान्कां ते ददानि गुरुदक्षिणाम्॥५-११२-१२॥
“This brahmin, seeking to render service, was permitted by him to depart. Then the venerable teacher said to him: ‘What teacher’s fee (gurudakṣiṇā) shall I give you to offer?’”
english translation
असकृत्तेन चोक्तेन किंचिदागतमन्युना । अयमुक्तः प्रयच्छेति जानता विभवं लघु॥५-११२-१३॥
“When he had spoken repeatedly, with a measure of irritation arising, he told him: ‘Give this’—despite knowing that his resources were limited.”
english translation
एकतःश्यामकर्णानां शुभ्राणां शुद्धजन्मनाम् । अष्टौ शतानि मे देहि हयानां चन्द्रवर्चसाम्॥५-११२-१४॥
“Give me eight hundred horses—white, of pure breed, with dark ears on one side, and possessing moon-like radiance.”
english translation
गुर्वर्थो दीयतामेष यदि गालव मन्यसे । इत्येवमाह सक्रोधो विश्वामित्रस्तपोधनः॥५-११२-१५॥
“If you consent, O Gālava, let this be given as dakṣiṇā—the due owed to the teacher.” Thus spoke Viśvāmitra, rich in ascetic power, with anger present.
english translation