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 3.8.42
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.8.42:
啶膏た啶︵啶оじ啷嵿く啶距ぐ啷嵿ぅ啶膏啶� 啶ぞ啶曕ぞ啶︵啶� 啶曕ぅ啶� 啶膏ぞ啶оえ啶啶椸た啶むぞ 啷�
啶膏ぞ啶о啶い啷嵿さ啷� 啶掂ぞ 啶むた啶權え啷嵿い啷囙え 啶曕啶むぞ啶� 啶啶︵ 啶� 啶曕ざ啷嵿啶� 啷� 啷エ 啷�siddhasy膩rthasya p膩k膩de岣� katha峁� s膩dhanayogit膩 |
s膩dhyatve v膩 ti峁卆ntena k峁泃膩峁� bhedo na ka艣cana || 42 ||42. The meaning of a word like 辫腻办补 being a thing, how can it require accessories? If its meaning is a process (蝉腻诲丑测补迟惫补), there would be no difference between the meanings of verbs and that of words ending in primary suffixes.
Commentary
[If a word ending in a primary suffix presents action as a thing, how can it become connected with accessories? It is action which requires accessories and not a thing. If a word ending in a primary suffix also presents action as a process then the distinction between nominal and verbal suffixes, pointed out by 笔补迟补帽箩补濒颈, would become untenable. According to him, one can say pa帽cak峁泃va岣� pacati = 鈥榟e cooks live times鈥� but not pa帽cak峁泃va岣� 辫腻办补岣� because the suffix 办峁泃惫补蝉耻肠 expresses the repetition of action as a process and not as a thing.]