अविचारिणमेकान्तवनद्रुमसधर्मकम् । अक्षमं साधुकार्येषु दूरे कुरु रघूद्वह ॥ २० ॥
avicāriṇamēkāntavanadrumasadharmakam | akṣamaṁ sādhukāryēṣu dūrē kuru raghūdvaha || 20 ||
Translation
Keep far from you, best of the Raghus, the one without inquiry, who is like a tree in a lonely forest, of no use for good works.
Word by word
- avicāriṇam
- the one without inquiry
- ēkānta
- in a lonely
- vana
- forest
- druma
- a tree
- sadharmakam
- who is like
- akṣamaṁ
- of no use
- sādhu
- for good
- kāryēṣu
- works
- dūrē
- far
- kuru
- keep
- raghūdvaha
- best of the Raghus
Meaning
The commentary explains the tree: one that grows where no one passes cannot give shade or shelter to good travellers. Another commentary pictures it as thorny. The fault named is uselessness for the good. He may do no harm on purpose, but nothing worthwhile can be done with him.