Shloka 14

Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya

Chapter 29

Devanagari script

सुखदुः:खैरहं त्वं च प्रजा: सर्वाश्न संजय

Transliteration

sukha-duḥkhair ahaṃ tvaṃ ca prajāḥ sarvāś ca sañjaya

Translation

ဝါယုက ပြောသည်—“အို စဉ္ဇယ၊ သင်နှင့် ငါသာမက၊ သတ္တဝါအားလုံးပင် ပျော်ရွှင်မှုနှင့် ဝေဒနာတို့နှင့် ချည်နှောင်လျက်ရှိသည်။”

Word by Word

• सुखदुःखैः: by/with pleasures and pains
• सुखदुःखैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख-दुःख
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• प्रजाः: subjects/people
• प्रजाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वाः: all
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• अस्मान्: us
• अस्मान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Plural

• संजय: O Sañjaya
• संजय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
• Sañjaya
• prajāḥ (all beings/creatures)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That pleasure and pain are universal conditions shared by all beings; recognizing this supports ethical steadiness and equanimity rather than partiality or despair.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva addresses Sañjaya and frames their discussion by emphasizing a general truth about embodied life: everyone, without exception, experiences the dualities of happiness and suffering.