Shloka 26

गालवस्य विषादः तथा विष्णुप्रयाणम्

Gālava’s Despair and Resolve to Seek Viṣṇu

Devanagari script

निर्बन्धतस्तु बहुशो गालवस्य तपस्विन: । किंचिदागतसंरम्भो विश्वामित्रो5ब्रवीदिदम्‌

Transliteration

nirbandhatas tu bahuśo gālavasya tapasvinaḥ | kiñcid āgata-saṃrambho viśvāmitro 'bravīd idam ||

Translation

ナーラダは言った。苦行者ガーラヴァが執拗に、幾度も願い出て迫ったとき、ヴィシュヴァーミトラは—わずかな苛立ちを掻き立てられて—次の言葉を口にした。このくだりは、しつこい懇願がいかに戒律ある聖者でさえ緊張させ得るか、また師の応答が単なる怒りではなく、倫理的な限界を定める必要から生じ得ることを示している。

Word by Word

• निर्बन्धतः: from the insistence/pressure
• निर्बन्धतः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्बन्ध
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• बहुशः: many times, repeatedly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहुशस्

• गालवस्य: of Gālava
• Type: Noun
• Root: गालव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तपस्विनः: of the ascetic
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्विन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• किंचित्: somewhat, a little
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किंचित्

• आगत: having come, arisen
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-गम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संरम्भः: anger, agitation
• Type: Noun
• Root: संरम्भ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विश्वामित्रः: Viśvāmitra
• विश्वामित्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वामित्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अब्रवीत्: said, spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

• इदम्: this (statement)
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Gālava
• Viśvāmitra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even the virtuous can be provoked by repeated, insistent demands; therefore one should practice restraint in asking, and teachers may set boundaries through firm speech to uphold propriety (dharma).

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada narrates that Gālava repeatedly presses the sage Viśvāmitra; slightly irritated, Viśvāmitra responds and begins to state what follows.