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 3.7.79
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.7.79:
啶ㄠた啶班啶掂ぐ啷嵿い啷嵿く啷� 啶掂ぞ 啶掂た啶曕ぞ啶班啶 啶掂ぞ 啶啶班ぞ啶啶 啶掂ぞ 啶膏ぞ啶оえ啶距ざ啷嵿ぐ啶 啷�
啶曕啶班た啶ぞ啶｀ぞ啶啶� 啶膏ぞ啶о啶い啷嵿さ啶距い啷� 啶膏た啶︵啶оぐ啷傕お啷嬥そ啶た啶о啶い啷� 啷� 啷ク 啷�nirvartyo v膩 vik膩ryo v膩 pr膩pyo v膩 s膩dhan膩艣raya岣� |
kriy膩峁嚹乵eva 蝉腻诲丑测补tv膩t siddhar奴po'bhidh墨yate || 79 ||79. Whether the object be something to be made or something to be modified or something to be reached, it is the substratum of power and is presented as an accomplished thing (蝉颈诲诲丑补谤奴辫补), because it is only actions which are to be accomplished (蝉腻诲丑测补).
Commentary
As different kinds of objects such as 鈥榯hat which is to be made鈥� (nirvartya) are mentioned in the science, how is it that it is here declared to be one? This question is now answered.
[Read verse 79 above]
[The object is One. Division such as 鈥�nirvartya鈥� do not take away this one-ness. They are names given to the objects on the basis of the particular kinds of action with which they become connected. In all these connections, the common point remains; it is something which the word presents as accomplished (siddha) as against action which the verb presents as something to be accomplished (蝉腻诲丑测补).].
The author now considers cases like: vi峁m bhak峁yati = he eats poison.