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नारद उवाच । तथैव सा श्रियं त्यक्त्वा कन्या भूत्वा यशस्विनी । माधवी गालवं विप्रमन्वयात्सत्यसंगरा॥५-११६-१॥
Nārada said: “So it was: renowned Mādhavī, setting aside her royal splendor and becoming a maiden again, followed the brāhmaṇa Gālava, steadfastly vowed to truth.”
english translation
गालवो विमृशन्नेव स्वकार्यगतमानसः । जगाम भोजनगरं द्रष्टुमौशीनरं नृपम्॥५-११६-२॥
Gālava, reflecting and keeping his mind fixed upon his charge, went to Bhojanagara to meet the Auśīnara king.
english translation
तमुवाचाथ गत्वा स नृपतिं सत्यविक्रमम् । इयं कन्या सुतौ द्वौ ते जनयिष्यति पार्थिवौ॥५-११६-३॥
Having gone there, he addressed the king, whose valor was proven in truth: “This maiden will bear for you two sons, O ruler.”
english translation
अस्यां भवानवाप्तार्थो भविता प्रेत्य चेह च । सोमार्कप्रतिसंकाशौ जनयित्वा सुतौ नृप॥५-११६-४॥
Through her you will attain your aims, both here and after death, O king—having fathered two sons radiant like the moon and the sun.
english translation
शुल्कं तु सर्वधर्मज्ञ हयानां चन्द्रवर्चसाम् । एकतःश्यामकर्णानां देयं मह्यं चतुःशतम्॥५-११६-५॥
But the bride-price, O knower of all dharma, is four hundred horses of moonlike luster, each having one dark ear, to be given to me.
english translation