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 nói: “Ta chẳng có chút của cải nào, cũng không có người bạn giàu sang. Và việc này là điều mà dù tiêu tốn một gia tài lớn cũng không thể gạt bỏ hay tránh né.”
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.