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ततस्तव भवित्रीयं पुत्राणां जननी शुभा । अरणीव हुताशानां योनिरायतलोचना॥५-११४-६॥
“Then she will become for you an auspicious mother of sons—like the araṇi-sticks that bring forth fire—an origin-locus (yoni) of progeny, wide-eyed.”
english translation
नारद उवाच । एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचो राजा हर्यश्वः काममोहितः । उवाच गालवं दीनो राजर्षिरृषिसत्तमम्॥५-११४-७॥
Nārada said: Hearing these words, King Haryaśva, deluded by desire, spoke to Gālava—the royal sage—while he himself grew dejected, addressing the foremost of seers.
english translation
द्वे मे शते संनिहिते हयानां यद्विधास्तव । एष्टव्याः शतशस्त्वन्ये चरन्ति मम वाजिनः॥५-११४-८॥
“I have two hundred horses of the kind you describe. Many others—by the hundreds—must still be sought, for my steeds are dispersed and ranging.”
english translation
सोऽहमेकमपत्यं वै जनयिष्यामि गालव । अस्यामेतं भवान्कामं संपादयतु मे वरम्॥५-११४-९॥
Therefore, O Gālava, I shall indeed bear but a single child. Do you, sir, fulfill for me this chosen request concerning her.
english translation
एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु सा कन्या गालवं वाक्यमब्रवीत् । मम दत्तो वरः कश्चित्केनचिद्ब्रह्मवादिना॥५-११४-१०॥
Hearing this, the maiden spoke to Gālava: “A certain boon was granted to me by a Brahmin sage.”
english translation