Shloka 2.42Unverified draft
सम्यग्योक्ता श्रेयसां च न विग्रहकथारुचिः। उत्तरोत्तरयुक्तौ च वक्ता वाचस्पतिर्यथा ।।2.2.42।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| samyagyoktā | सम्यग्योक्ता | one who speaks properly | nominative |
| śreyasām | श्रेयसाम् | of beneficial things | genitive |
| ca | च | and | conjunction |
| na | न | not | negation |
| vigrahakathāruciḥ | विग्रहकथारुचिः | having a taste for quarrelsome talk | nominative adjective |
| uttarottarayuktau | उत्तरोत्तरयुक्तौ | in successive/escalating argument | locative |
| ca | च | and | conjunction |
| vaktā | वक्ता | a speaker | nominative |
| vācaspatiḥ | वाचस्पतिः | the lord of speech (Brihaspati) | nominative |
| yathā | यथा | as | adverb |
Reference: 2.2.42 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa