Janamejaya said: -
1. Being from his very birth attached to evil and tempted by covetousness for the wealth of others, addicted to wicked habits and bent upon bringing about his own death,
2. The cause of the misery of his kinsmen, the cause of heightening the great of his friends, the cause of giving pain to his well-wishers and the cause of the increase of the joy of his enemies.
3. For what reason did not his friends dissuade him who was wending the wrong course and why did not the friend Krishna or the grandfather does it out of friendship or affection?
Vaishampayana said: -
4. Words were spoken by Krishna and Bhishma, all that could be said and many were the words spoken by Narada. Listen to them.
5. Rare are those persons who listen to the advice of that well-wishers, and rare are friends who give good counsels; where there is an adviser who could advise well there is no friend standing (in need of it).
6. I see, that of your friends ought to be listened to you, O you the delighter of the race of Kuru, obstinacy ought not to be persevered in, for is a great evil.
7. In this connection is cited the old story in which out of obstinacy Galava met with defeat.
8. In days of old, with a view to try Viswamitra who was practising asceticism, Dharma came to him in person in the disguise of the divinely prosperous Rishi Vasistha.
9. Having assumed the appearance one of the seven Rishis, O Bharata he to the hermitage of the son of Kushi if hungry, with the desire of satisfying his hunger.
10. Vishwamitra, with great respect, employed himself in preparing Charu (rice boiled in milk and honey) and in his anxiety to prepare that excellent repast he could not attend to him in other respects.
11. When he had taken the food offered by other devotees, Vishwamitra too came there taking his food which was very hot.
12. “I have taken my food; you stay here for the present” saying this the divinely prosperous one went away and then did Vishwamitra, of great effulgence, O king, stand there.
13. Out of reverence, taking the food on his head and holding the same by his hands the devotee, of austere asceticism, stood there in the hermitage like a post, and subsisting oil air.
14. In attending on him the Muni Galava took pains out of respect, reverence, affection and the desire to do what was pleasing to Vishwamitra.
15. Then on the completion of a hundred years Dharma came there again to the son of Kushika, assuming the appearance of Vasisitha with the desire of eating.
16. He saw his food held on his head by the wise and great Rishi Vishwamitra who stood there subsisting on air.
17. And Dharma then accepting the food which was hot and newly cooked and eating it said: “I am pleased, O regenerate Rishi” and went away.
18. He then became divested of the condition of a Kshatriya and reached that of a Brahmana, and Vishwamitra became pleased at those words of Dharma.
19. And Vishwamitra, being pleased with the attention, and devotion of his disciple, the ascetic Galava, said thus:
20. “With my permission, child, go away wherever you wish, O Galava.” Being thus addressed, Galava, the best of Munis, said this in reply.
21. In words which were sweet and pleasing to Vishwamitra endued with great effulgence: “What gift (Dakshina) shall I give to your exalted self for your favour as my preceptor?
22. Every religious act becomes successful only when it is accompanied by a gift, O you the giver of honours, and then the giver of these gifts obtains salvation.
23. Gifts are the fruits of acts (enjoyed) in heaven and are Therefore, said to be the peace. What shall I procure for my spiritual guide let my lord command.”
24. The Rishi Vishwamitra, divinely prosperous, knowing that he had been conquered by his attentions (and nothing else) said to him: - “Go, go” and sought to send his attendant away by that means.
25. The attendant, being spoken to by Vishwamitra saying again and again ‘go, go,’ said by way of reply “What shall I give you.”
26. Vishwamitra, a little angry at the excessive obstinacy of the devotee Galava, said this to him:
27. “Give me eight hundred horses, white as the rays of the moon and each having one ear black. Go, O Galava, without delay.”
Thus ends the one hundred and sixth chapter, the story of Galava in the Bhagavat-Yana of the Udyoga Parva.
Narada said: -
1. Being thus commanded by the intelligent Vishwamitra Galava could not sit, nor sleep nor could he take his meals.
2. His body was reduced to a skeleton and became pale being subject to grief and a prey to excessive anxiety and burning with dissatisfaction. Galava, being very sorry, thus began to lament, O Suyodhana.
3. Where can I get well-to-do friends? Where can I have. wealth from? Where are my savings? Eight hundred horses white as the moon where can I get?
4. How can I get satisfaction from eating? How can I get satisfaction from happiness? My happiness derived from life itself is broken up. What is the use of my living on?
5. Having gone to the other side of the sea or going to the most distant part of the world, I shall cast off my life. What is the use of my living on?
6. What happiness can there be without hard exertion for him who is poor, unsuccessful, deprived of all the sweets of life and saddled with debts?
7. Having enjoyed the wealth of my friends having given him to understand that I shall return it to him, I am unable to make a return for his kindness and so death is preferable to life for me.
8. The religious merit of a man bears no fruit, who having promised to do an act fails to perform it and is thus sullied with falsehood.
9. A man addicted to false-hood can never get beauty, a man addicted to false-hood cannot get children, a man addicted to false- hood cannot get power, how can he then expect to obtain bliss?
10. Where is fame for an ungrateful person? Where is there a proper place for an ungrateful person? An ungrateful person is unworthy of respect and there is no emancipation for an ungrateful person.
11. The wretch who is without wealth is dead as it were; and how can such a wretch support his relatives; the wretch certainly meets with ruin for he is unable to return the favours he receives.
12. I am such a Wretch, an ungrateful man, without wealth, and addicted to false-hood, who, having my wishes gratified by my spiritual guide, am unable to act up to his orders.
13. I who am such, shall cast off this life after having made an attempt which cannot be exceeded (by other attempts in point of earnestness). Never before has anything been asked by me from the gods.
14. All the gods regard me for this in sacrificial rites; and I shall go to Vishnu the friend of wise men, the god, who is the lord of the three worlds- to Krishna who is the best refuge for those that need refuge.
15. From whom flow all the enjoyments that are enjoyed by the gods and Asuras; with my head bent down I desire to see Krishna- the devotee who is without end.
l6. He having thus said, his friend Garuda, the son of Vinata, came into his view who being pleased, said to him with a desire to do him good.
17. Your exalted self is my friend. A friend in prosperity should try to accomplish the wishes of his friends.
18. O twice-born one, the prosperity I possess has its rise in the younger brother of Vasava; I have already spoken to him about your wishes and he has grained my wishes (to do you good).
19. Such being the case, wherever you want to go, I will take you without any trouble to your-self, to the countries on the other side of the sea or to the remotest comer of the earth, come, O Galava, without delay.
Thus ends the one hundred and seventh chapter, the story of Galava, in the Bhagavat-Yana of the Udyoga Parva.