Shloka 32

Devanagari script

एकसर्थप्रयातौ स्वस्त्वया सह नरर्षभ । समदुःखसुखौ चापि नावां शड्कितुमरहसि

Transliteration

ekārthaprayātau svastvayā saha nararṣabha | samaduḥkhasukhau cāpi nāvāṁ śaṅkitum arhasi ||

Translation

Sañjaya nói: “Hỡi bậc trượng phu như bò mộng giữa loài người, ngươi và ta đã cùng lên đường vì một mục đích. Ta đã cùng ngươi chia sẻ cả khổ lẫn vui; bởi vậy ngươi chớ nên nghi ngờ ta.”

Word by Word

• एकसार्थप्रयातौ: having set out together in one caravan (the two of us)
• एकसार्थप्रयातौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकसार्थप्रयात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• स्वः: formerly; earlier
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वः (अव्यय)

• त्वया: by you; with you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Feminine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)

• नरर्षभ: O bull among men
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरर्षभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• समदुःखसुखौ: equal in sorrow and happiness (the two of us)
• समदुःखसुखौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समदुःखसुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• अपि: also; even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)

• अवाम्: us two
• अवाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Feminine/Neuter, Accusative, Dual

• शङ्कितुम्: to suspect; to doubt
• Type: Verb
• Root: शङ्क् (धातु)
• Form: Tumun (infinitive)

• अर्हसि: you ought; you are fit
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह् (धातु)
• Form: Present (Lat), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• naraṛṣabha (addressed person)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Shared purpose and shared experience create an ethical basis for trust; one should not hastily suspect a companion who has stood with one through both hardship and happiness.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses a noble listener (naraṛṣabha), defending his reliability: since they have journeyed together toward the same goal and endured the same joys and sorrows, the listener should not doubt or suspect him.