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तस्माच्चतुर्णां वंशानां स्थापयित्री सुता मम । इयं सुरसुतप्रख्या सर्वधर्मोपचायिनी॥५-११३-११॥
Therefore this daughter of mine shall become the establisher of four royal lineages; she is renowned like a maiden of divine birth and a cultivator of all dharmic virtues.
english translation
सदा देवमनुष्याणामसुराणां च गालव । काङ्क्षिता रूपतो बाला सुता मे प्रतिगृह्यताम्॥५-११३-१२॥
O Gālava, this young maiden—desired for her beauty by gods, humans, and asuras alike—my daughter, should be accepted by you.
english translation
अस्याः शुल्कं प्रदास्यन्ति नृपा राज्यमपि ध्रुवम् । किं पुनः श्यामकर्णानां हयानां द्वे चतुःशते॥५-११३-१३॥
Kings would certainly offer even a kingdom as her bride-price; how much more, then, two hundred horses with dark ears (śyāmakarṇa).
english translation
स भवान्प्रतिगृह्णातु ममेमां माधवीं सुताम् । अहं दौहित्रवान्स्यां वै वर एष मम प्रभो॥५-११३-१४॥
Therefore, may you accept this daughter of mine, Mādhavī. Let me indeed have a daughter’s son—this is the boon I seek, O lord.
english translation
प्रतिगृह्य च तां कन्यां गालवः सह पक्षिणा । पुनर्द्रक्ष्याव इत्युक्त्वा प्रतस्थे सह कन्यया॥५-११३-१५॥
Having accepted the maiden, Gālava—together with the bird—said, “We shall meet again,” and then departed with the girl.
english translation