Mahabharata 5.105: pañcādhika śatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

5.105.1

nārada uvāca |
evamuktastadā tena viśvāmitreṇa dhīmatā |
nāste na śete nāhāraṃ kurute gālavastadā || 1 ||

"Narada said, 'Thus addressed by Viswamitra of great intelligence Galava was filled with such anxiety that he could not sit or lie down, or take his food. A prey to anxiety and regret, lamenting bitterly, and burning with remorse, Galava grew pale, and was reduced to a skeleton. And smitten with sorrow, O Suyodhana, he indulged in these lamentations, 'Where shall I find affluent friends? Where shall I find money? Have I any savings? Where shall I find eight hundred steeds of lunar whiteness? What pleasure can I have in eating? What happiness can be mine in objects of enjoyment? The very love of life is extinct in me. What need have I of life? Repairing to the other shore of the great ocean, or to the furthest verge of the earth, I will relinquish my life. Of what use can life be to me? What happiness, without severe exertion, can be his who is poor, unsuccessful, deprived of all the good things of life, and burthened with debt? Death is preferable to life as regards him who having enjoyed the wealth of friends through their friendship for himself, is unable to return their favour. The religious acts of that man lose their efficacy who having promised to do an act fails to perform it and is thus stained with falsehood. One that is stained by falsehood cannot have beauty, or children, or power, or influence. How, therefore, can such a one attain to a blissful state? What ungrateful man hath ever earned fame? Where, indeed, is his place, and where his happiness? An ungrateful person can never win esteem and affection. Salvation also can never be his. He that is destitute of wealth is a wretch that can scarcely be said to live. Such a wretch cannot support his kinsmen and friends. Unable to make any return for the benefits he receiveth, he certainly meeteth with destruction. Even I am that wretch, ungrateful, destitute of resources, and stained with falsehood, for having obtained my objects from my preceptor, I am unable to do his bidding. Having first endeavoured to the utmost, I will lay down my life. Before this, I never craved for any thing from the very gods. The deities regard me for this in sacrificial place. I will go and seek the protection of Vishnu, the divine Lord of the three worlds, of Krishna the great refuge of all who are blessed with protection. Bowing down unto him, I desire to see that highest of all ascetics, the Eternal Krishna from whom flow all those possessions and enjoyments that are owned by both gods and Asuras.' And while Galava was thus lamenting, his friend Garuda, the son of Vinata, appeared in his sight. And Garuda, from desire of doing him good, cheerfully addressed him, saying, Thou art a dear friend, of mine. It is the duty of a friend, when himself in prosperity, to look to the accomplishment of the wishes of his friends. The prosperity that I have, O Brahmana, is constituted by Vasava's younger brother Vishnu. Before this, I spoke to him on thy behalf and he hath been pleased to grant my wishes. Come now, we will go together. I will bear thee comfortably to the other shore of the ocean, or to the furthest extremity of the earth. Come, O Galava, do not tarry.'"

5.105.2

tvagasthibhūto hariṇaścintāśokaparāyaṇaḥ |
śocamāno'timātraṃ sa dahyamānaśca manyunā || 2 ||

5.105.3

kutaḥ puṣṭāni mitrāṇi kuto'rthāḥ saṃcayaḥ kutaḥ |
hayānāṃ candraśubhrāṇāṃ śatānyaṣṭau kuto mama || 3 ||

5.105.4

kuto me bhojanaśraddhā sukhaśraddhā kutaśca me |
śraddhā me jīvitasyāpi chinnā kiṃ jīvitena me || 4 ||

5.105.5

ahaṃ pāraṃ samudrasya pṛthivyā vā paraṃ parāt |
gatvātmānaṃ vimuñcāmi kiṃ phalaṃ jīvitena me || 5 ||

5.105.6

adhanasyākṛtārthasya tyaktasya vividhaiḥ phalaiḥ |
ṛṇaṃ dhārayamāṇasya kutaḥ sukhamanīhayā || 6 ||

5.105.7

suhṛdāṃ hi dhanaṃ bhuktvā kṛtvā praṇayamīpsitam |
pratikartumaśaktasya jīvitānmaraṇaṃ varam || 7 ||

5.105.8

pratiśrutya kariṣyeti kartavyaṃ tadakurvataḥ |
mithyāvacanadagdhasya iṣṭāpūrtaṃ praṇaśyati || 8 ||

5.105.9

na rūpamanṛtasyāsti nānṛtasyāsti saṃtatiḥ |
nānṛtasyādhipatyaṃ ca kuta eva gatiḥ śubhā || 9 ||

5.105.10

kutaḥ kṛtaghnasya yaśaḥ kutaḥ sthānaṃ kutaḥ sukham |
aśraddheyaḥ kṛtaghno hi kṛtaghne nāsti niṣkṛtiḥ || 10 ||

5.105.11

na jīvatyadhanaḥ pāpaḥ kutaḥ pāpasya tantraṇam |
pāpo dhruvamavāpnoti vināśaṃ nāśayankṛtam || 11 ||

5.105.12

so'haṃ pāpaḥ kṛtaghnaśca kṛpaṇaścānṛto'pi ca |
guroryaḥ kṛtakāryaḥ saṃstatkaromi na bhāṣitam |
so'haṃ prāṇānvimokṣyāmi kṛtvā yatnamanuttamam || 12 ||

5.105.13

arthanā na mayā kācitkṛtapūrvā divaukasām |
mānayanti ca māṃ sarve tridaśā yajñasaṃstare || 13 ||

5.105.14

ahaṃ tu vibudhaśreṣṭhaṃ devaṃ tribhuvaneśvaram |
viṣṇuṃ gacchāmyahaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ gatiṃ gatimatāṃ varam || 14 ||

5.105.15

bhogā yasmātpratiṣṭhante vyāpya sarvānsurāsurān |
prayato draṣṭumicchāmi mahāyoginamavyayam || 15 ||

5.105.16

evamukte sakhā tasya garuḍo vinatātmajaḥ |
darśayāmāsa taṃ prāha saṃhṛṣṭaḥ priyakāmyayā || 16 ||

5.105.17

suhṛdbhavānmama mataḥ suhṛdāṃ ca mataḥ suhṛt |
īpsitenābhilāṣeṇa yoktavyo vibhave sati || 17 ||

5.105.18

vibhavaścāsti me vipra vāsavāvarajo dvija |
pūrvamuktastvadarthaṃ ca kṛtaḥ kāmaśca tena me || 18 ||

5.105.19

sa bhavānetu gacchāva nayiṣye tvāṃ yathāsukham |
deśaṃ pāraṃ pṛthivyā vā gaccha gālava māciram || 19 ||