Shloka 1.17Unverified draft
नाश्रेयसि रतो विद्वान्न विरुद्धकथारुचिः। उत्तरोत्तरयुक्तीनां वक्ता वाचस्पतिर्यथा ।।2.1.17।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| nāśreyasi | नाश्रेयसि | not in what is not beneficial | locative, negated |
| rataḥ | रतः | delighting | nominative adjective |
| vidvān | विद्वान् | learned | nominative adjective |
| na | न | not | negation |
| viruddhakathāruciḥ | विरुद्धकथारुचिः | having a taste for contradictory/improper talk | nominative adjective |
| uttarottarayuktīnām | उत्तरोत्तरयुक्तीनाम् | of arguments building one upon another | genitive |
| vaktā | वक्ता | a speaker | nominative |
| vācaspatiḥ | वाचस्पतिः | the lord of speech (Brihaspati) | nominative |
| yathā | यथा | as | adverb |
Reference: 2.1.17 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa