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 3.8.43-44
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.8.43-44:
啶むい啷嵿ぐ 啶曕ぞ啶班啶啶椸ぞ啶ぞ 啶う啷嵿く啶距啷嵿く啶距い啶� 啶ㄠた啶え啷嵿ぇ啶ㄠぎ啷� 啷�
啶粪し啷嵿啷嵿く啶距 啶膏ぞ 啶侧啶� 啶膏啶え啷嵿ぇ啷� 啶掂啶啶︵じ啷嵿い啶� 啶曕ぐ啷嵿い啷冟啶班啶ぃ啷嬥 啷� 啷ォ 啷�
啶忇啶距き啶苦ぇ啶距え 啶忇啷嬥そ啶班啶ム 啶啶椸お啶氞啶� 啶︵啶掂た啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ啶ぞ啶曕 啷�
啶� 啶膏ぎ啷嵿き啶掂い啶� 啶膏た啶︵啶оい啷嵿さ啷� 啶� 啶膏ぞ啶о啶 啶膏啶ぞ啶む 啶曕ぅ啶� 啶啶ㄠ 啷� 啷オ 啷�tatra k膩rakayog膩y膩 yady膩khy膩ta峁� nibandhanam |
峁峁ａ弓hy膩岣� s膩 lena sa峁僢andhe vyudast膩 kart峁沰arma峁噊岣� || 43 ||
ek膩bhidh膩na eko'rtho yugapacca dvidharmabh膩k |
na sambhavati siddhatve sa 蝉腻诲丑测补岣� sy膩t katha峁� puna岣� || 44 ||43. If it is argued that the sixth case affix expressive of an accessory is used in connection with a verb, it must be remembered that, in association with a verb (lena) such a case-affix has been prohibited.
44. The meaning of the same word cannot have two contradictory attributes at the same time. If it is siddha (a finished thing), how can it be 蝉腻诲丑测补 (something to be brought about).
Commentary
[It cannot be maintained that when the word 辫腻办补 becomes connected with a word expressive of accessory as in odanasya 辫腻办补岣� it expresses a process (蝉腻诲丑测补) and when it becomes connected with a verbal element expressive of number, it denotes a thing (siddha). The meaning expressed by a word cannot have two contradictory attributes, both coming from the same word.]
It is now pointed out that it is not the same verbal element which expresses both the attributes.