Shloka 3

Devanagari script

सारियुक्क उवाच धीरस्त्वमसि मेधावी प्राणकृच्छुमिदं च न: । प्राज्ञ: शूरो बहूनां हि भवत्येकी न संशय:,सारिसृक्कने कहा--भैया! तुम धीर और बुद्धिमानू हो और हमारे लिये यह प्राणसंकटका समय है (अत: इससे तुम्हीं हमारी रक्षा कर सकते हो); क्योंकि बहुतोंमें कोई एक ही बुद्धिमान्‌ और शूरवीर होता है, इसमें संशय नहीं है

Transliteration

sārisṛkka uvāca | dhīras tvam asi medhāvī prāṇakṛcchum idaṃ ca naḥ | prājñaḥ śūro bahūnāṃ hi bhavaty ekī na saṃśayaḥ ||

Translation

Sārisṛkka said: “You are steadfast and intelligent, and this is a life-threatening crisis for us. Therefore you are the one who can protect us; for among many, it is indeed a single person who proves both wise and heroic—of this there is no doubt.”

Word by Word

• {'dhīraḥ': 'steadfast, composed, courageous', 'tvam asi': 'you are', 'medhāvī': 'intelligent, discerning', 'prāṇa-kṛcchum': 'a peril to life

• mortal danger', 'idaṃ': 'this', 'naḥ': 'for us

• our', 'prājñaḥ': 'wise, judicious', 'śūraḥ': 'heroic, valiant', 'bahūnām': 'of many (people)', 'hi': 'indeed, for', 'bhavati': 'is found

• becomes', 'ekī': 'one (single person)', 'na saṃśayaḥ': 'no doubt'}

Speaker

सारियुक्क उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sārisṛkka

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

In moments of mortal danger, a community looks to the rare individual who unites steadiness (dhīratā), intelligence (medhā), wisdom (prajñā), and valor (śaurya). The verse highlights ethical leadership: capability and courage carry responsibility to protect others.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker named Sārisṛkka addresses someone regarded as calm and intelligent, stating that the group faces a life-threatening संकट and urging that person to take the lead in protecting them, since among many people usually only one emerges as both wise and heroic.