Shloka 32

Devanagari script

एकसर्थप्रयातौ स्वस्त्वया सह नरर्षभ । समदुःखसुखौ चापि नावां शड्कितुमरहसि

Transliteration

ekārthaprayātau svastvayā saha nararṣabha | samaduḥkhasukhau cāpi nāvāṁ śaṅkitum arhasi ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O bull among men, you and I have set out together for a single purpose. We have shared both sorrow and joy alike; therefore you ought not to suspect me.”

Word by Word

• एकसार्थप्रयातौ: having set out together in one caravan (the two of us)
• एकसार्थप्रयातौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकसार्थप्रयात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• स्वः: formerly; earlier
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वः (अव्यय)

• त्वया: by you; with you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Feminine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)

• नरर्षभ: O bull among men
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरर्षभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• समदुःखसुखौ: equal in sorrow and happiness (the two of us)
• समदुःखसुखौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समदुःखसुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• अपि: also; even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)

• अवाम्: us two
• अवाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Feminine/Neuter, Accusative, Dual

• शङ्कितुम्: to suspect; to doubt
• Type: Verb
• Root: शङ्क् (धातु)
• Form: Tumun (infinitive)

• अर्हसि: you ought; you are fit
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह् (धातु)
• Form: Present (Lat), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• naraṛṣabha (addressed person)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Shared purpose and shared experience create an ethical basis for trust; one should not hastily suspect a companion who has stood with one through both hardship and happiness.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses a noble listener (naraṛṣabha), defending his reliability: since they have journeyed together toward the same goal and endured the same joys and sorrows, the listener should not doubt or suspect him.