Sutra 5
Devanagari script
सूचीमुखा ह्यनर्था इति लोकप्रवादः ॥ कZ_०९.३.०५ ॥
Transliteration
sūcīmukhā hy anarthā iti lokapravādaḥ
Translation
A popular saying holds: “Needle-point beginnings lead to calamities.”
Word by Word
सूचीमुखाः(people) ‘needle-mouthed’, i.e., sharp-tongued / biting speakers
सूचीमुखाः:
TypeNoun (Adjective used substantively)
Rootसूची + मुख
Formप्रथमा-बहुवचनम्, पुंलिङ्गः (बहुव्रीहिरूपेण ‘सूचीमुख’ इति विशेषणम्; बहुवचने ‘-आः’)
हिindeed; for
हि:
TypeParticle
Rootहि
Formनिपातः; हेतौ/समर्थने (emphatic/causal particle)
अनर्थाःharmful; causing trouble; mischiefs / nuisances
अनर्थाः:
TypeNoun
Rootअनर्थ
Formप्रथमा-बहुवचनम्, पुंलिङ्गः
इतिthus; ‘so’ (marking quotation)
इति:
TypeQuotative particle
Rootइति
Formउक्त्यर्थे अव्ययम्; वाक्यसमाप्त्यर्थं/उद्धरणचिह्नम्
लोकप्रवादःa popular saying; common proverb / public report
लोकप्रवादः:
TypeNoun
Rootलोक + प्रवाद
Formप्रथमा-एकवचनम्, पुंलिङ्गः; ‘लोकस्य प्रवादः’
Entities Mentioned
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loka-pravāda (public proverb)FAQs
To encode an administrative heuristic: treat minor disturbances and resentments as potential escalators requiring early containment.