Shloka 23

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

Devanagari script

सहायाननुरक्तांश्व॒ नयज्ञानुपसंहितान्‌ । परस्परमसंसृष्टान्‌ विजिगीषूनलोलुपान्‌

Transliteration

sahāyān anuraktāṁś ca nayajñān upasaṁhitān | parasparam asaṁsṛṣṭān vijigīṣūn alolupān ||

Translation

Шартула сказал: «Назначай себе в помощники тех, кто предан тебе, сведущ в государственном и нравственном разумении, не связан меж собой партийными узами, стремится к праведной победе и свободен от алчности. Таких советников — мудрых, верных и радеющих о благе владыки — почитай, как почитают отца или учителя».

Word by Word

• सहायान्: helpers, assistants
• सहायान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहाय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अनुरक्तान्: attached, devoted
• अनुरक्तान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुरक्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• नयज्ञ: knowing policy/statecraft
• नयज्ञ: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नयज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अनुपसंहितान्: well-endowed/possessed (of good qualities)
• अनुपसंहितान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुपसंहित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• परस्परम्: mutually, with one another
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परस्पर

• असंसृष्टान्: not mixed/entangled (not factional)
• असंसृष्टान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असंसृष्ट
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• विजिगीषून्: desirous of conquest/victory
• विजिगीषून्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विजिगीषु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अलोलुपान्: not greedy
• अलोलुपान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अलोलुप
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• महाभाग: O fortunate/noble one
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभाग
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

शार्टूल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śārṭūla

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler should choose ministers who are loyal, competent in statecraft, free from greed, and not bound by mutual factional collusion; such aides deserve high honor because good counsel and integrity safeguard the realm.

What is happening in the narrative?

In a didactic passage of Śānti Parva on governance, Śārṭūla instructs the listener on how to select and treat trusted assistants/secretaries, emphasizing loyalty, competence, and freedom from factional intrigue.