people just reel off things without any grasp over the subject

I do not think Sanskrit is such a free language where you can do anything you want with meanings etymology and interpretations...

no Sanskrit teacher even of the present day can ever say so..

From Yaska's Niruktha and Nighantu through Shabdakalpadruma, Vachaspathya, Amarakosha, and the present Lexicons of Apte, Monier Williams and many others there are many authoritative texts which set the meanings and etymology.. And the aphorisms of Panini represent the greatest text in Grammatic rules,, and it is the model for any other language anywhere.

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If a Sanskrit teacher says a student is free to interpret things as he would like then there is something very materially wrong with that Sanskrit Teacher..

It hurts to see such bombastic posts and statements..

And it proves my theory that people just reel off things without any grasp over the subject..

Such statements are insults to the masters from Vyasa, Valmiki, Panini, Patanjali, Vararuchi and to many thousands of great pioneers who maintained the pristine purity of the language..

In fact Sanskrit is one of the most mature languages providing for all situations in grammar and in life situations too..

and even the modern experts in the study of languages have invariably concluded that Sanskrit is the most precise of all languages..

so precise that it is easily and accurately amenable to the modern computer programming and logic..

It is a universally accepted view..