7.4.2
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.4.2
स लौकिकः स्याद् दृष्टप्रवृत्तित्वात्
sa laukikaḥ syād dṛṣṭapravṛttitvāt
The line
He, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant, an ordinary person, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, because of a compound: seen, activity, setting out to act, and the state of being that.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 7. Transfer. The details of a model rite are carried to a variant rite, and where that carrying stops. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: sa (स) + laukikaḥ (लौकिकः) + syād (स्याद्) + dṛṣṭa-pravṛtti-tvāt (दृष्ट-प्रवृत्ति-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sa (स) | nominative singular, masculine | he, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant |
| laukikaḥ (लौकिकः) | nominative singular, masculine | an ordinary person |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| dṛṣṭa-pravṛtti-tvāt (दृष्ट-प्रवृत्ति-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: seen, activity, setting out to act, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
sa (स) is he, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. laukikaḥ (लौकिकः) is an ordinary person. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. dṛṣṭa-pravṛtti-tvāt (दृष्ट-प्रवृत्ति-त्वात्) is a compound: seen, activity, setting out to act, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
dṛṣṭa-pravṛtti-tvāt (दृष्ट-प्रवृत्ति-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sa (स) and laukikaḥ (लौकिकः).