वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-94, verse-32

कच्चिन्न लोकायतिकान्ब्राह्मणांस्तात सेवसे ।
अनर्थ कुशला ह्येते बालाः पण्डितमानिनः ॥३२॥

32. kaccinna lokāyatikānbrāhmaṇāṃstāta sevase ,
anartha kuśalā hyete bālāḥ paṇḍitamāninaḥ.

32. kaccit na lokāyatikān brāhmaṇān tāta sevase
anartha kuśalāḥ hi ete bālāḥ paṇḍitamāninaḥ

32. tāta,
kaccit lokāyatikān brāhmaṇān na sevase? hi ete anarthakuśalāḥ bālāḥ paṇḍitamāninaḥ.

32. O dear one, I hope you do not associate with materialistic Brahmins, for these are indeed proficient in mischief and futility, mere fools who consider themselves learned.

Words meanings summery:

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - interrogative particle, I hope, surely

• न (na) - not, no

• लोकायतिकान् (lokāyatikān) - materialists, adherents of Lokāyata

• ब्राह्मणान् (brāhmaṇān) - Brahmins

• तात (tāta) - O dear one, father (term of affection or respect)

• सेवसे (sevase) - you serve, you associate with

• अनर्थ (anartha) - meaningless, worthless, harmful, mischief

• कुशलाः (kuśalāḥ) - skilled in mischief/futility (skilled, expert, proficient)

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• एते (ete) - these (masculine plural nominative)

• बालाः (bālāḥ) - mere fools (children, fools, ignorant ones)

• पण्डितमानिनः (paṇḍitamāninaḥ) - those who consider themselves learned, self-proclaimed scholars

Words meanings and morphology

कच्चित् (kaccit) - interrogative particle, I hope, surely

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

लोकायतिकान् (lokāyatikān) - materialists, adherents of Lokāyata

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of lokāyatika

lokāyatika - materialist, one who adheres to Lokāyata philosophy

derived from lokāyata (materialism)

ब्राह्मणान् (brāhmaṇān) - Brahmins

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - Brahmin, priest, relating to Brahman

तात (tāta) - O dear one, father (term of affection or respect)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear one (term of endearment)

सेवसे (sevase) - you serve, you associate with

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of sev

present indicative, 2nd person singular

root sev, class 1, middle voice

Root: sev (class 1)

अनर्थ (anartha) - meaningless, worthless, harmful, mischief

(noun)

masculine, singular of anartha

anartha - meaningless, useless, evil, mischief, futility

negative prefix a + artha (meaning, purpose, wealth)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+artha)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• artha – meaning, purpose, wealth, object
  noun (masculine)

Note: Part of the compound anarthakuśalāḥ

कुशलाः (kuśalāḥ) - skilled in mischief/futility (skilled, expert, proficient)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kuśala

kuśala - skilled, expert, clever, well-being, good fortune

Note: Completes the compound anarthakuśalāḥ

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

एते (ete) - these (masculine plural nominative)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etas

etas - this, these

proximal demonstrative pronoun

बालाः (bālāḥ) - mere fools (children, fools, ignorant ones)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bāla

bāla - child, young, foolish, ignorant

पण्डितमानिनः (paṇḍitamāninaḥ) - those who consider themselves learned, self-proclaimed scholars

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of paṇḍitamānin

paṇḍitamānin - one who considers oneself learned, self-important scholar

compound of paṇḍita (learned) and mānin (considering oneself to be)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (paṇḍita+mānin)

• paṇḍita – learned, wise, scholar
  noun (masculine)
• mānin – considering oneself, proud, conceited
  adjective (masculine)
  from root man (to think, believe)
  Root: man (class 4)

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