12.2.1
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.2.1
विहारो लौकिकानामर्थं साधयेत् प्रभुत्वात्
vihāro laukikānām arthaṃ sādhayet prabhutvāt
The line
vihāra (विहार), of an ordinary person, the thing, for the sake of, sādhayet (साधयेत्), because of prabhutva (प्रभुत्व).
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 12. Prasaṅga (प्रसङ्ग), incidental application, and vikalpa (विकल्प), option. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: vihāro (विहारो) + laukikānām (लौकिकानाम्) + arthaṃ (अर्थं) + sādhayet (साधयेत्) + prabhutvāt (प्रभुत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vihāro (विहारो) | nominative singular, masculine | vihāra (विहार) |
| laukikānām (लौकिकानाम्) | genitive plural | an ordinary person |
| arthaṃ (अर्थं) | accusative singular | the thing, for the sake of |
| sādhayet (साधयेत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| prabhutvāt (प्रभुत्वात्) | ablative singular | prabhutva (प्रभुत्व) |
The phrases
vihāro (विहारो) is vihāra (विहार). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. laukikānām (लौकिकानाम्) is an ordinary person. It stands as genitive plural. arthaṃ (अर्थं) is the thing, for the sake of. It stands as accusative singular.
sādhayet (साधयेत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. prabhutvāt (प्रभुत्वात्) is prabhutva (प्रभुत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
laukikānām (लौकिकानाम्) is genitive plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vihāro (विहारो) and laukikānām (लौकिकानाम्).
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12.2.2. A compound: māṃsa (मांस), pāka (पाक), and a denial and, like that.