Shloka 5
धन-निरुक्ति तथा गालवस्य गुरुदक्षिणा-प्रसङ्गः
Etymology of Wealth and the Gurudakṣiṇā Predicament of Gālava
मांसपिण्डोपमो5भूत् स मुखपादान्वित: खग: । गालवस्तं तथा दृष्टवा विमना: पर्यपृच्छत
māṃsapiṇḍopamo 'bhūt sa mukhapādānvitāḥ khagaḥ | gālavastaṃ tathā dṛṣṭvā vimanāḥ paryapṛcchat ||
چونچ اور پاؤں ہونے کے باوجود، پروں کے بغیر وہ آسمان میں اڑنے والا گرُڑ گویا گوشت کے لوتھڑے کی مانند ہو گیا۔ اسے اس حال میں دیکھ کر گالَو دل گرفتہ ہوا اور اس سے پوچھنے لگا۔
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights compassionate attention and moral sensitivity: seeing a being reduced from its natural strength to helplessness, one should not be indifferent but inquire and seek understanding—an ethical impulse that precedes right action (dharma).
Nārada narrates that a bird (a sky-roamer) has become wingless and helpless, like a lump of flesh despite still having beak and feet. Gālava, saddened by this sight, questions him to learn the cause and meaning of the misfortune.