Shloka 18
Śāṇḍilī–Suparṇa Saṃvāda
Conduct, Intention, and Restoration
नैव मे5स्ति धनं किंचिन्न धनेनान्वित: सुह्ृत् । न चार्थेनापि महता शक््यमेतदू व्यपोहितुम्
naiva me 'sti dhanaṃ kiñcin na dhanena anvitaḥ suhṛt | na cārthenāpi mahatā śakyam etad vyapohitum ||
Gālava dit : «Je n’ai aucune richesse, et je n’ai pas non plus d’ami pourvu de biens. Et cette tâche est telle qu’on ne peut ni l’écarter ni s’en défaire, fût-ce au prix d’une immense fortune.»
गालव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Material resources and wealthy connections are not always sufficient to solve a moral or fated obligation; some duties remain binding even when one lacks means, highlighting humility and steadfastness in the face of limitation.
Gālava speaks candidly about his predicament: he has neither personal wealth nor a rich patron-friend, and the undertaking before him is so demanding that even great expenditure would not easily resolve it—setting up the tension between obligation and practical impossibility.