पूर्वं तावदुदेत्यन्तर्भृशं संस्कृतवाक्यता । शुद्धयुक्ता लतेवोच्चैर्या सभास्थानभूषणम् ॥ ७ ॥
pūrvaṁ tāvadudētyantarbhṛśaṁ saṁskṛtavākyatā | śuddhayuktā latēvōccairyā sabhāsthānabhūṣaṇam || 7 ||
Translation
first of all there arises within a refined speech, pure and fitting, rising high like a creeper, the ornament of any assembly.
Word by word
- pūrvaṁ
- first
- tāvad
- of all
- udēti
- there arises
- antar
- (antaḥ) within
- bhṛśaṁ
- well
- saṁskṛta
- refined
- vākyatā
- speech
- śuddha
- pure
- yuktā
- and fitting
- latā
- a creeper
- iva
- like
- uccair
- (uccaiḥ) high
- yā
- which
- sabhā
- of any assembly
- sthāna
- place
- bhūṣaṇam
- the ornament
Meaning
Both commentaries call it pure speech, rising like a creeper and adorning a gathering. The first fruit is that one learns to speak well, with words that are exact and fit the matter. A teaching about the highest begins by improving how one speaks of anything.