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गुर्वर्थोऽयं समारम्भो न हयैः कृत्यमस्ति मे । यदि शक्यं महाराज क्रियतां मा विचार्यताम्॥५-११६-६॥
This undertaking is for my teacher’s sake; I have no personal use for the horses. If it is possible, O great king, let it be done—do not hesitate.
english translation
अनपत्योऽसि राजर्षे पुत्रौ जनय पार्थिव । पितॄन्पुत्रप्लवेन त्वमात्मानं चैव तारय॥५-११६-७॥
You are without offspring, O royal sage; beget two sons, O king. By the ‘raft’ of sons, deliver your ancestors—and yourself as well.
english translation
न पुत्रफलभोक्ता हि राजर्षे पात्यते दिवः । न याति नरकं घोरं यत्र गच्छन्त्यनात्मजाः॥५-११६-८॥
For one who partakes of the ‘fruit’ of sons, O royal sage, does not fall from heaven; nor does he go to the severe hell to which the childless go.
english translation
एतच्चान्यच्च विविधं श्रुत्वा गालवभाषितम् । उशीनरः प्रतिवचो ददौ तस्य नराधिपः॥५-११६-९॥
Having heard this and other varied statements spoken by Gālava, King Uśīnara, ruler of men, gave him his reply.
english translation
श्रुतवानस्मि ते वाक्यं यथा वदसि गालव । विधिस्तु बलवान्ब्रह्मन्प्रवणं हि मनो मम॥५-११६-१०॥
“I have heard your words as you have spoken them, O Gālava. Yet ordinance (vidhi) is powerful, O brāhmaṇa, and my mind inclines toward what is prescribed.”
english translation