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 3.7.50
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.7.50:
啶啶班啷冟い啷嵿く啷佮啷嵿啷囙う啶膏啶啶む 啶曕た啶傕啶苦い啷� 啶曕ぞ啶粪啶犩ぞ啶︵た啶じ啷嵿ぎ啶掂い啷� 啷�
啶曕た啶傕啶苦う啷� 啶椸啶｀ぞ啶ㄠ啶むぐ啷嬥い啷嵿お啶む啶む啶ぞ 啶膏啶掂ぐ啷嵿ぃ啶距う啶苦さ啶苦啶距ぐ啶掂い啷� 啷� 啷ウ 啷�prak峁泃yucchedasa峁僢h奴ta峁� ki峁僣it k膩峁ａ弓h膩dibhasmavat |
ki峁僣id gu峁嚹乶tarotpatty膩 suvar峁嚹乨ivik膩ravat || 50 ||50. One kind of modification (惫颈办腻谤测补) is the result of the destruction of the original material as ashes from (burnt) wood. Another kind is the result of the coming of a new property as the transformation of gold (into ornaments).
Commentary
[A general definition of modification (惫颈办腻谤测补) has been given. It is of two kinds and they are defined in this verse. When the original material is completely destroyed, we have one kind of modification. For example, ashes when the wood is completely burnt out. In the sentence: 办腻峁ａ弓丑腻苍颈 bhasma karoti = 鈥榟e makes the wood into ashes, if wood is not presented as identical with the ashes, the latter would be product (nirvartya) according to the previous definition and modification (惫颈办腻谤测补) if it is so presented. According to the present definition that object (karma) is modification (惫颈办腻谤测补) which is left behind after the original material is completely destroyed. 鈥�Bhasma鈥� is 惫颈办腻谤测补 because ashes can result only when the wood is completely destroyed. According to the previous definition, in this sentence, it is the wood (办腻峁ａ弓丑腻苍颈) which is primarily the 惫颈办腻谤测补 and bhasma is so secondarily as it is presented as identical with 办腻峁ａ弓丑腻苍颈. According to the present definition, it is 鈥�bhasma鈥� which is primarily the 惫颈办腻谤测补. In 办腻峁ａ弓丑腻苍颈 dahanti = 鈥榳辞辞诲 burns鈥�, 办腻峁ａ弓丑腻苍颈 is 惫颈办腻谤测补, because that is the only thing which is mentioned. Sometimes, the material remains intact, but changes shape as in the sentence: 蝉耻惫补谤峁嘺峁� ku峁囜笉ale karoti = he makes the gold into ear-rings. Here also, the object is a modification (惫颈办腻谤测补).]
The object called 鈥榙estination鈥�, or 鈥榯hing to be attained鈥� is now explained.