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 3.7.51
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.7.51:
啶曕啶班た啶ぞ啶椸い啶掂た啶多啶粪ぃ啶距 啶膏た啶︵啶оた啶班啶い啷嵿ぐ 啶� 啶椸ぎ啷嵿く啶む 啷�
啶︵ぐ啷嵿ざ啶ㄠぞ啶︵え啷佮ぎ啶距え啶距う啷嵿さ啶� 啶むい啷嵿お啷嵿ぐ啶距お啷嵿く啶た啶むた 啶曕ぅ啷嵿く啶む 啷� 啷ェ 啷�kriy膩gatavi艣e峁峁嚹佱箖 siddhiryatra na gamyate |
dar艣an膩danum膩n膩dv膩 tat辫谤腻辫测补miti kathyate || 51 ||51. That object is called destination (or thing to be attained) on which the accomplishment of the effects of the action cannot be seen or inferred.
Commentary
[As far as 鈥�nirvartya鈥� is concerned, the very coming into being of the product is the result of action and it can be directly perceived. Similarly, in 惫颈办腻谤测补 also, the effect of action, the coming in of a particular property can be seen. Sometimes, the effect of action cannot be perceived, but can be inferred as when we infer other people鈥檚 happiness by observing their facial expression or when we conclude that the growth of the tree is due to previous watering and other care. This is not the case in such sentences as 腻诲颈迟测补峁� pa艣yati, nagaram upasarpati, vedam adh墨te. Here one neither sees nor infers 鈥榓ny effect鈥� on the object by the action mentioned in each sentence. Such an object is called 鈥�辫谤腻辫测补鈥�. It merely becomes the object (惫颈峁测补) of the action, without undergoing any change and becomes technically also the object (karma) of the 辫谤腻辫测补 type.]
Some do not admit that 鈥�辫谤腻辫测补鈥� is a separate kind of object.