Shloka 30

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

Devanagari script

राजोपक्रोशदोषाश्न सर्वे संश्रयवासिनाम्‌ । व्रतचर्या तु नि:संगा निर्भया वनवासिनाम्‌

Transliteration

rājopakrōśa-doṣāśn sarve saṁśraya-vāsinām | vrata-caryā tu niḥsaṅgā nirbhayā vana-vāsinām ||

Translation

ဘုရင်၏ အကာအကွယ်အောက်တွင် နေထိုင်သူတို့သည် ဘုရင်၏ အပြစ်တင်ကဲ့ရဲ့ခြင်းနှင့် ဆက်စပ်သော အပြစ်အနာအဆာတို့ကို အကုန်လုံး မျှဝေခံရတတ်၏။ သို့သော် ငါကဲ့သို့ တောနေသူတို့၏ ဝတ္တကျင့်စဉ်သည် အပြည့်အဝ မကပ်ငြိမှုနှင့် ကြောက်ရွံ့ခြင်းကင်းစွာ ဖြစ်၏။

Word by Word

• राज: of the king
• राज: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• उपक्रोश: from censure/abuse
• उपक्रोश: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपक्रोश
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• दोषान्: faults, defects
• दोषान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• संश्रयवासिनाम्: of those dwelling under (another's) protection/dependence
• संश्रयवासिनाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संश्रय-वासिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अश्नन्ति: they partake of / incur
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• व्रतचर्या: observance of vows; vow-practice
• व्रतचर्या: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत-चर्या
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• निःसङ्गा: detached, without attachment
• निःसङ्गा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निःसङ्ग
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• निर्भया: fearless, free from fear
• निर्भया: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्भय
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• वनवासिनाम्: of forest-dwellers
• वनवासिनाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन-वासिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

शार्टूल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• शार्टूल (Śārṭūla)
• राजा (the king)
• वन (forest)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dependence on political power brings moral entanglement: those who live by a king’s shelter share in the ethical fallout of the king’s censures and controversies. By contrast, the forest-ascetic ideal is presented as a life of disciplined vows marked by non-attachment and freedom from fear.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śārṭūla contrasts two modes of life—courtly dependence versus forest renunciation—arguing that proximity to royal authority inevitably involves one in blame and fault, whereas the forest-dweller’s vowed practice remains detached and fearless.