वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-10, verse-16

सुलभाः पुरुषा राजन् सततं प्रियवादिनः ।
अप्रियस्य तु पथ्यस्य वक्ता श्रोता च दुर्लभः ॥१६॥

16. sulabhāḥ puruṣā rājan satataṃ priyavādinaḥ ,
apriyasya tu pathyasya vaktā śrotā ca durlabhaḥ.

16. sulabhāḥ puruṣā rājan satataṃ priyavādinaḥ
apriyasya tu pathyasya vaktā śrotā ca durlabhaḥ

16. rājan priyavādinaḥ puruṣāḥ satataṃ sulabhāḥ tu
apriyasya pathyasya vaktā ca śrotā durlabhaḥ

16. O King, people who always speak pleasant words are easy to find. However, one who speaks, or even one who listens to, disagreeable but wholesome advice is rare.

Words meanings summery:

• सुलभाः (sulabhāḥ) - easy to obtain, easily accessible, easy, simple

• पुरुषा (puruṣā) - men, persons, human beings

• राजन् (rājan) - O king, O ruler

• सततं (satataṁ) - always, constantly, perpetually

• प्रियवादिनः (priyavādinaḥ) - speaking pleasantly, agreeable speakers

• अप्रियस्य (apriyasya) - of the disagreeable (advice) (of the disagreeable, of the unpleasant)

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

• पथ्यस्य (pathyasya) - of the wholesome (advice) (of the wholesome, of the beneficial, of the salutary)

• वक्ता (vaktā) - speaker, announcer, one who says

• श्रोता (śrotā) - listener, hearer

• च (ca) - and, also

• दुर्लभः (durlabhaḥ) - difficult to obtain, rare, hard to find

Words meanings and morphology

सुलभाः (sulabhāḥ) - easy to obtain, easily accessible, easy, simple

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sulabha

sulabha - easy to obtain, easily accessible, easy, simple

पुरुषा (puruṣā) - men, persons, human beings

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, human being, the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa)

राजन् (rājan) - O king, O ruler

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

सततं (satataṁ) - always, constantly, perpetually

(indeclinable)

प्रियवादिनः (priyavādinaḥ) - speaking pleasantly, agreeable speakers

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of priyavādin

priyavādin - speaking pleasantly, agreeable speaker

अप्रियस्य (apriyasya) - of the disagreeable (advice) (of the disagreeable, of the unpleasant)

(adjective)

Genitive, neuter, singular of apriya

apriya - disagreeable, unpleasant, disliked, unloved

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

(indeclinable)

पथ्यस्य (pathyasya) - of the wholesome (advice) (of the wholesome, of the beneficial, of the salutary)

(adjective)

Genitive, neuter, singular of pathya

pathya - wholesome, beneficial, suitable, salutary

वक्ता (vaktā) - speaker, announcer, one who says

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaktṛ

vaktṛ - speaker, announcer, one who says

agent noun

Root: vac (class 2)

श्रोता (śrotā) - listener, hearer

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrotṛ

śrotṛ - listener, hearer

agent noun

Root: śru (class 5)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

दुर्लभः (durlabhaḥ) - difficult to obtain, rare, hard to find

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of durlabha

durlabha - difficult to obtain, rare, hard to find