Shloka 7

मैत्रीप्रतिज्ञा-वैरकारणप्रश्नः

Friendship Vow and Inquiry into the Cause of Enmity

Devanagari script

रजतं वा सुवर्णं वा वस्त्राण्याभरणानि च।अविभक्तानि साधूनामवगच्छन्ति साधवः।।

Transliteration

rajataṃ vā suvarṇaṃ vā vastrāṇy ābharaṇāni ca | avibhaktāni sādhūnām avagacchanti sādhavaḥ ||

Translation

వెండి గానీ బంగారం గానీ, వస్త్రాలు గానీ ఆభరణాలు గానీ—సాధువుల మధ్య ఇవి ‘నాది-నీది’ అని విభజించవలసినవి కావని సాధువులు గ్రహిస్తారు।

Word by Word

• रजतम्: silver
• रजतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rajata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा/द्वितीया

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive: or)

• सुवर्णम्: gold
• सुवर्णम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suvarṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा/द्वितीया

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय

• वस्त्राणि: clothes
• वस्त्राणि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vastra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, बहुवचन, प्रथमा/द्वितीया

• आभरणानि: ornaments
• आभरणानि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ābharaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, बहुवचन, प्रथमा/द्वितीया

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (and)

• अविभक्तानि: undivided; not to be divided
• अविभक्तानि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-vi-bhakta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √bhaj/√bhakt? here √bhaj 'divide/share' with kta)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त) with नञ्-उपसर्ग; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, बहुवचन, प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एतानि इति विशेषणम्

• साधूनाम्: of the good (friends)
• साधूनाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sādhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, बहुवचन, षष्ठी (Genitive)

• अवगच्छन्ति: understand; consider
• अवगच्छन्ति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava√gam (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• साधवः: good people
• साधवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sādhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, बहुवचन, प्रथमा (Nominative)

Context

'Good friends consider(valuables such as) silver or gold, clothes or ornaments of worldly wealth indivisible.

Characters & Entities

• Sugrīva
• Rāma

FAQs

What is the core ethical principle (Dharma) in this verse?

Dharma is expressed as non-possessiveness and shared trust: among the righteous, material goods do not become a cause for division; friendship overrides private claim.

What is the narrative situation?

Sugrīva continues to define the norms of noble friendship while building confidence in his bond with Rāma.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Tyāga (generosity) and sādhutva (uprightness), shown in treating wealth as secondary to relationship.