Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari
by K. A. Subramania Iyer | 1965 | 391,768 words
The English translation of the Vakyapadiya by Bhartrihari including commentary extracts and notes. The Vakyapadiya is an ancient Sanskrit text dealing with the philosophy of language. Bhartrhari authored this book in three parts and propounds his theory of Sphotavada (sphota-vada) which understands language as consisting of bursts of sounds conveyi...
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Verse 2.318
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 2.318:
啶ㄠぞ啶ぞ啶栢啶ぞ啶むじ啶班啶ぞ 啶 啶曕ぞ啶班啶ぞ啶ㄠ啶むぐ啶ㄠた啶え啷嵿ぇ啶ㄠぞ啶� 啷�
啶多が啷嵿う啶� 啶掂ぞ啶氞啶ぞ啶多啶� 啶む啶粪啶掂ぐ啷嵿ぅ啷� 啶� 啶班啶ぞ啶︵ぇ啶苦啶啶い啷� 啷� 啷┼ェ啷� 啷�n膩m膩khy膩tasar奴p膩 ye k膩ry膩ntaranibandhan膩岣� |
艣abd膩 v膩cy膩艣ca te峁artho na r奴p膩dadhigamyate || 318 ||318. When words have the same form as nouns and as verbs and are to express a different meaning as each, then the meaning cannot be understood from the external form only.
Commentary
Sometimes a word has more than one meaning, because from its form only, it can be a verb or a noun. Then also context alone can determine the meaning.
[Read verse 318 above]
[The word 补艣惫补 as a noun means a horse but it can also be a verb. From the root 峁璾 o 艣vi gativ峁沝dhyo岣� one would get the form 补艣惫补 in the aorist second person singular (濒耻峁卪补诲丑测补尘补辫耻谤耻峁颈办补惫补肠补苍补). In the same way, 补箩腻辫补测补岣� can mean goat鈥檚 milk or the word can be the causative form of the root ji = to conquer. In such cases, only the context can be the guide.]