( The 'l' in this name is pronounced like 'l' in 'lip' .)
Gaalava was a great sage. He once joined as disciple of Vishvaamithra when the latter was undergoing atest by Yama. He served his teacher with great devotion and obedience. At the time of his teacher permitting him to leave after his instructionand training were over, he insisted that the teacher must prescribe a formal parting gift to be offered to him, despite Vishvaamithra's waiving that formality. His persistent adamance arouse the irate sage's anger and he prescribed a gift eight hundred pure white steeds that are black in just one ear.
Dejected by the hard imposition, he sunk into worry. Garuda helped him in searching all around the world for such horses. But finally, with king Yayaathi's help by offering his daughter Maadhavi as a means of price to acquire such horses from those that possessed them, he could succeed in bringing only six hundred of such steeds. He offered those six hundred horses and the princess Maadhavi in lieu of the remaining two hundred. Thus he could relieve himself of the burden of his indebtedness to his teacher.
Naarada related the story of Gaalava to Duryodhana while persuading him to make peace with paandavas, without showing unreasonable adamance.