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Shloka 9

नारदकथितं माधव्याः तपश्चर्या–ययातेः स्वर्गविचारः | Nārada on Mādhavī’s Asceticism and the Scrutiny of Yayāti in Heaven

एवं न शक्यमप्राप्य॑ प्राप्तुंगालव करहिचित्‌ । इमामश्वशताभ्यां वै द्वाभ्यां तस्मै निवेदय,“गालव! इस प्रकार इस देशमें इन छ: सौ घोड़ोंके सिवा दूसरे घोड़े अप्राप्य हैं। अतः उन्हें कहीं भी पाना असम्भव है। मेरी राय यह है कि शेष दो सौ घोड़ोंके बदले यह कन्या ही विश्वामित्रजीको समर्पित कर दो। धर्मात्मन्‌! इन छ: सौ घोड़ोंके साथ विश्वामित्रजीकी सेवामें इस कन्याको ही दे दो। द्विजश्रेष्ठी ऐसा करनेसे तुम्हारी सारी घबराहट दूर हो जायगी और तुम सर्वथा कृतकृत्य हो जाओगे”

evaṁ na śakyam aprāpya prāptuṁ gālava karhicit | imām aśvaśatābhyāṁ vai dvābhyāṁ tasmai nivedaya ||

那罗陀说道:“噢,伽罗婆啊,不可得之物,终不可得——从无例外。在此国土,除这六百匹马外,再无他马可寻;故余下二百匹,无论何处皆不可能购得。我的劝告是:以那二百匹马为代价,将此少女亲自奉献于毗湿瓦密多。噢,守法之人啊,将她与这六百匹马一并献入毗湿瓦密多的侍奉之中。如此,你的忧惧将消散,你的所行之事亦将圆满成就。”

एवम्thus, in this way
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
शक्यम्possible
शक्यम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootशक्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अप्राप्यwithout obtaining; not having obtained
अप्राप्य:
Apadana
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-प्राप्य
FormNeuter, Ablative (used adverbially/gerundial sense), Singular
प्राप्तुम्to obtain
प्राप्तुम्:
TypeVerb
Rootप्राप्
FormInfinitive
गालवO Galava
गालव:
TypeNoun
Rootगालव
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
कर्हिचित्ever, at any time
कर्हिचित्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकर्हिचित्
इमाम्this (her/this one)
इमाम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
अश्वशताभ्याम्by/with two hundreds of horses
अश्वशताभ्याम्:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व-शत
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Dual
वैindeed
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
द्वाभ्याम्by/with two
द्वाभ्याम्:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootद्वि
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Dual
तस्मैto him
तस्मै:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Dative, Singular
निवेदयoffer; present; submit
निवेदय:
TypeVerb
Rootनि-विद्
FormImperative, Second, Singular

नारद उवाच

N
Nārada
G
Gālava
V
Viśvāmitra
H
horses (aśva)
T
the maiden (kanyā)

Educational Q&A

Nārada emphasizes realism within dharma: what is truly unattainable should not be pursued endlessly. Ethical action includes choosing a feasible, duty-aligned solution that fulfills one’s obligation (here, completing the required offering to the guru) and relieves needless anxiety.

Gālava is trying to complete a required number of horses for Viśvāmitra. Nārada explains that only six hundred are obtainable in that region and advises that the remaining value be made up by offering the maiden along with the horses, thereby completing the obligation.