Mahabharata 5.113: trayodaśādhika śatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

5.113.1

nārada uvāca |
evamuktaḥ suparṇena tathyaṃ vacanamuttamam |
vimṛśyāvahito rājā niścitya ca punaḥ punaḥ || 1 ||

"Narada said, 'Thus addressed by Suparna in excellent words fraught with truth, that performer of thousand sacrifices, that foremost of givers, that liberal ruler of all the Kasis, the lord Yayati, revolving those words in his mind and reflecting on them coolly, and seeing before him his dear friend, Tarkshya, and that bull among Brahmanas, Galava, and regarding the alms sought as an indication, highly praiseworthy, of (Galava's) ascetic merit, and in view particularly of the fact that those two came to him having passed over all the kings of the Solar race, said, 'Blessed is my life today, and the race also in which I am born, hath, indeed, been blessed today. This very province also of mine hath equally been blessed by thee, O sinless Tarkshya. There is one thing, however, O friend, that I desire to say unto thee, and that is, I am not so rich now as thou thinkest, for my wealth hath suffered a great diminution. I cannot, however, O ranger of the skies, make thy advent here a fruitless one. Nor can I venture to frustrate the hopes entertained by this regenerate Rishi. I shall, therefore, give him that which will accomplish his purpose. If one having come for alms, returneth disappointed, he may consume the (host's) race. O son of Vinata, it is said that there is no act more sinful than that of saying, 'I have nothing'--and thus destroying the hope of one that cometh, saying, 'Give.' The disappointed man whose hopes have been killed and his object not accomplished, can destroy the sons and grandsons of the person that faileth to do him good. Therefore, O Galava, take thou this daughter of mine, this perpetrator of four families. In beauty, she resembleth a daughter of the celestials. She is capable of prompting every virtue. Indeed, owing to her beauty, she is always solicited (at my hands) by gods and men, and Asuras. Let alone twice four hundred steeds each with a black ear, the kings of the earth will give away their whole kingdoms as her dower. Take thou, therefore, this daughter of mine, named Madhavi. My sole desire is that I may have a daughter's son by her. Accepting that daughter in gift, Galava then, with Garuda, went away, saying, 'We will again see thee'. And they took that maiden with them. And Galava's oviparous friend addressed him, saying, 'The means have at last been obtained whereby the steeds may be obtained.' And saying this, Garuda went away to his own abode, having obtained Galava's permission. And after the prince of birds had gone, Galava, with that maiden in his company, began to think of going to some one among the kings who would be able to give (fit) dower for the maiden. And he first thought of that best of kings, Haryyaswa of Ikshaku's race, who ruled at Ayodhya, was endued with great energy, possessed of a large army consisting of four kinds of forces, had a well-filled treasury and abundance of corn, and who was dearly loved by his subjects, and who loved the Brahmanas well. Desirous of offspring, he was living in quiet and peace, and engaged in excellent austerities. And the Brahmana Galava, repairing unto Haryyaswa, said, 'This maiden, O king of kings, will increase the family of her husband by bringing forth offspring. Accept her from me, O Haryyaswa, as thy wife, by giving me a dower. I will tell thee what dower thou shalt have to give. Hearing it, settle what thou shalt do.'"

5.113.2

yaṣṭā kratusahasrāṇāṃ dātā dānapatiḥ prabhuḥ |
yayātirvatsakāśīśa idaṃ vacanamabravīt || 2 ||

5.113.3

dṛṣṭvā priyasakhaṃ tārkṣyaṃ gālavaṃ ca dvijarṣabham |
nidarśanaṃ ca tapaso bhikṣāṃ ślāghyāṃ ca kīrtitām || 3 ||

5.113.4

atītya ca nṛpānanyānādityakulasaṃbhavān |
matsakāśamanuprāptāvetau buddhimavekṣya ca || 4 ||

5.113.5

adya me saphalaṃ janma tāritaṃ cādya me kulam |
adyāyaṃ tārito deśo mama tārkṣya tvayānagha || 5 ||

5.113.6

vaktumicchāmi tu sakhe yathā jānāsi māṃ purā |
na tathā vittavānasmi kṣīṇaṃ vittaṃ hi me sakhe || 6 ||

5.113.7

na ca śakto'smi te kartuṃ moghamāgamanaṃ khaga |
na cāśāmasya viprarṣervitathāṃ kartumutsahe || 7 ||

5.113.8

tattu dāsyāmi yatkāryamidaṃ saṃpādayiṣyati |
abhigamya hatāśo hi nivṛtto dahate kulam || 8 ||

5.113.9

nātaḥ paraṃ vainateya kiṃcitpāpiṣṭhamucyate |
yathāśānāśanaṃ loke dehi nāstīti vā vacaḥ || 9 ||

5.113.10

hatāśo hyakṛtārthaḥ sanhataḥ saṃbhāvito naraḥ |
hinasti tasya putrāṃśca pautrāṃścākurvato'rthinām || 10 ||

5.113.11

tasmāccaturṇāṃ vaṃśānāṃ sthāpayitrī sutā mama |
iyaṃ surasutaprakhyā sarvadharmopacāyinī || 11 ||

5.113.12

sadā devamanuṣyāṇāmasurāṇāṃ ca gālava |
kāṅkṣitā rūpato bālā sutā me pratigṛhyatām || 12 ||

5.113.13

asyāḥ śulkaṃ pradāsyanti nṛpā rājyamapi dhruvam |
kiṃ punaḥ śyāmakarṇānāṃ hayānāṃ dve catuḥśate || 13 ||

5.113.14

sa bhavānpratigṛhṇātu mamemāṃ mādhavīṃ sutām |
ahaṃ dauhitravānsyāṃ vai vara eṣa mama prabho || 14 ||

5.113.15

pratigṛhya ca tāṃ kanyāṃ gālavaḥ saha pakṣiṇā |
punardrakṣyāva ityuktvā pratasthe saha kanyayā || 15 ||

5.113.16

upalabdhamidaṃ dvāramaśvānāmiti cāṇḍajaḥ |
uktvā gālavamāpṛcchya jagāma bhavanaṃ svakam || 16 ||

5.113.17

gate patagarāje tu gālavaḥ saha kanyayā |
cintayānaḥ kṣamaṃ dāne rājñāṃ vai śulkato'gamat || 17 ||

5.113.18

so'gacchanmanasekṣvākuṃ haryaśvaṃ rājasattamam |
ayodhyāyāṃ mahāvīryaṃ caturaṅgabalānvitam || 18 ||

5.113.19

kośadhānyabalopetaṃ priyapauraṃ dvijapriyam |
prajābhikāmaṃ śāmyantaṃ kurvāṇaṃ tapa uttamam || 19 ||

5.113.20

tamupāgamya vipraḥ sa haryaśvaṃ gālavo'bravīt |
kanyeyaṃ mama rājendra prasavaiḥ kulavardhinī || 20 ||

5.113.21

iyaṃ śulkena bhāryārthe haryaśva pratigṛhyatām |
śulkaṃ te kīrtayiṣyāmi tacchrutvā saṃpradhāryatām || 21 ||