Shloka 42

Vyāghra–Gomāyu Saṃvāda (व्याघ्रगोमायु संवाद) — Testing Character Beneath Appearances

Devanagari script

उनके मनमें दुष्टता भरी थी। वे सियारके पास मित्रभावसे आते और उसे समझा- बुझाकर प्रसन्न करके अपने ही समान दोषके पथपर चलानेकी चेष्टा करते थे ।। अन्यथा शक पूर्व परद्रव्याभिहारिण: । अशक्ता: किजि | द्रव्यं गोमायुयन्त्रिता:,उसके आनेके पहले वे और ही प्रकारसे रहा करते थे। दूसरोंका धन हड़प लिया करते थे, परंतु अब वैसा नहीं कर सकते थे। सियारने उन सबपर ऐसी कड़ी पाबंदी लगा दी थी कि वे किसीकी कोई भी वस्तु लेनेमें असमर्थ हो गये थे

Transliteration

teṣāṁ manasi duṣṭatā pūrṇā āsīt | te gomāyuṁ prati mitrabhāvena samāgacchanti sma, taṁ samyak bodhayitvā prasādayitvā ca svadoṣamārge svavat pravartayituṁ ceṣṭante sma || pūrvaṁ tu te paradravyābhihāriṇaḥ āsan | idānīṁ tu tathā kartum aśaktāḥ | gomāyunā teṣāṁ sarveṣāṁ prati dṛḍhaniyamo nidhāpitah, tena te kasyacid api vastuno grahaṇe’pi samarthā na babhūvuḥ ||

Translation

ໃນໃຈຂອງເຂົາເຕັມໄປດ້ວຍຄວາມອະທຳ. ເຂົາເຂົ້າໄປຫາໝາຈອກດ້ວຍທ່າທີເປັນມິດ, ປອບໂຍນແລະເຮັດໃຫ້ພໍໃຈ, ເພື່ອຊັກນຳໃຫ້ລາວເດີນຕາມທາງຜິດເຊັ່ນພວກເຂົາ. ແຕ່ກ່ອນໜ້ານັ້ນ ເຂົາເຄີຍຍຶດເອົາຊັບຂອງຄົນອື່ນ; ບັດນີ້ກັບເຮັດບໍ່ໄດ້. ໝາຈອກໄດ້ວາງຂໍ້ຫ້າມຢ່າງເຂັ້ມງວດເທິງພວກເຂົາ ຈົນພວກເຂົາບໍ່ອາດເອົາໄດ້ແມ່ນແຕ່ຂອງນ້ອຍທີ່ສຸດຂອງໃຜໆ.

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'duṣṭatā', 'definition': 'wickedness, malice, corrupt intent'}, {'term': 'mitrabhāva', 'definition': 'attitude of friendship

• feigned friendliness'}, {'term': 'gomāyu', 'definition': 'jackal'}, {'term': 'bodhayitvā', 'definition': 'having instructed, having persuaded'}, {'term': 'prasādayitvā', 'definition': 'having pleased, having won over'}, {'term': 'doṣa-mārga', 'definition': 'path of fault/sin

• way of wrongdoing'}, {'term': 'paradravya', 'definition': 'another’s property'}, {'term': 'abhihārin', 'definition': 'one who carries off/steals

• plunderer'}, {'term': 'aśakta', 'definition': 'unable, powerless'}, {'term': 'niyama', 'definition': 'restraint, rule, strict regulation'}]

Speaker

शार्टूल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• शार्टूल (Śārṭūla)
• गोमायु (jackal)
• दुष्ट (wicked companions/plunderers)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Those driven by malice often disguise themselves as friends to recruit others into wrongdoing; true ethical strength is shown by restraint (niyama) that prevents harm to others, especially the taking of another’s property.

What is happening in the narrative?

A group of formerly thieving characters approach the jackal in a friendly manner, trying to persuade him to join their corrupt ways; however, the jackal has already enforced strict discipline, making them unable to steal as they once did.