Charak Samhita

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तत्रज्ञानविज्ञानवचनप्रतिवचनशक्तिसम्पन्नेनाकोपनेनानुपस्कृतविद्येनानसूयकेनानुनेयेनानुनयकोविदेनक्लेशक्षमेणप्रियसम्भाषणेनचसहसन्धायसम्भाषाविधीयते| तथाविधेनसहकथयन्विस्रब्धःकथयेत्, पृच्छेदपिचविस्रब्धः, पृच्छतेचास्मैविस्रब्धायविशदमर्थंब्रूयात्, नचनिग्रहभयादुद्विजेत, निगृह्यचैनंनहृष्येत्, नचपरेषुविकत्थेत, नचमोहादेकान्तग्राहीस्यात्, नचाविदितमर्थमनुवर्णयेत्, सम्यक्चानुनयेनानुनयेत्, तत्रचावहितःस्यात्| इत्यनुलोमसम्भाषाविधिः ||१७||

sanskrit

[Friendly discussion] The friendly discussion is held as follow: 1. It is discussed with one who is endowed with general and specific knowledge of related topic, opinions and counter-opinions, powerful expressions, devoid of irritability, having uncensored knowledge, without jealously, able to be convinced and who can convince others, enduring and adept in art of sweet conversation. 2. When discussion with such a person one should speak confidently, put question unhesitatingly, reply to the sincere questioner with elaborateness, not be agitated with fear of defeat, not be exhilarated on defeating the partner, not boast before others, not hold fastly his solitary view due to attachment, not explain what is unknown to him, convince the other party with politeness and be caution in that. This is the method of friendly discussion.

english translation

tatrajJAnavijJAnavacanaprativacanazaktisampannenAkopanenAnupaskRtavidyenAnasUyakenAnuneyenAnunayakovidenaklezakSameNapriyasambhASaNenacasahasandhAyasambhASAvidhIyate| tathAvidhenasahakathayanvisrabdhaHkathayet, pRcchedapicavisrabdhaH, pRcchatecAsmaivisrabdhAyavizadamarthaMbrUyAt, nacanigrahabhayAdudvijeta, nigRhyacainaMnahRSyet, nacapareSuvikattheta, nacamohAdekAntagrAhIsyAt, nacAviditamarthamanuvarNayet, samyakcAnunayenAnunayet, tatracAvahitaHsyAt| ityanulomasambhASAvidhiH ||17||

hk transliteration