1.1.25
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.1.25
लौकिकपरीक्षकाणां यस्मिन्नर्थे बुद्धिसाम्यं स दृष्टान्तः
laukikaparīkṣakāṇāṃ yasminn arthe buddhisāmyaṃ sa dṛṣṭāntaḥ
The line
The familiar case is that thing about which ordinary people and examiners understand alike.
नेपालीमा
दृष्टान्त त्यो कुरा हो जसलाई साधारण मानिस र परीक्षा गर्नेहरूले उस्तै बुझ्छन्।
Where it sits
dṛṣṭānta (दृष्टान्त) from 1.1.1 is the word being defined. It will return as the example inside the five members.
Split: laukika-parīkṣakāṇām (लौकिक-परीक्षकाणाम्) + yasmin (यस्मिन्) + arthe (अर्थे) + buddhi-sāmyam (बुद्धि-साम्यम्) + saḥ (सः) + dṛṣṭāntaḥ (दृष्टान्तः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| laukika-parīkṣakāṇām (लौकिक-परीक्षकाणाम्) | genitive plural, masculine | of ordinary people and of examiners |
| yasmin (यस्मिन्) | locative singular, masculine | in which |
| arthe (अर्थे) | locative singular, masculine | thing |
| buddhi-sāmyam (बुद्धि-साम्यम्) | nominative singular, neuter | sameness of understanding |
| saḥ (सः) | nominative singular, masculine | that |
| dṛṣṭāntaḥ (दृष्टान्तः) | nominative singular, masculine | the familiar case |
The phrases
A dṛṣṭānta (दृष्टान्त) has to be common ground. laukika is the ordinary person. parīkṣaka (परीक्षक) is the person who tests doctrines. On this thing, both have the same buddhi.
If only the learned accept it, it cannot yet serve as the example in a proof. If only common opinion accepts it and the examiner does not, it fails the same test. buddhisāmya (बुद्धिसाम्य) is that shared understanding. yasmin correlates with saḥ (सः).
Sanskrit in this line
yasmin before arthe doubles the n, so it is recited yasminn arthe. Final m of sāmyam (साम्यम्) before sa is the anusvāra (अनुस्वार). saḥ (सः) before dṛṣṭānta (दृष्टान्त) is recited sa.
Say it back
Gloss dṛṣṭānta (दृष्टान्त) as buddhisāmya (बुद्धिसाम्य) of laukika and parīkṣaka (परीक्षक).
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