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 3.8.61
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.8.61:
啶さ啶む 啶い啷� 啶啶距う啷�啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶むぞ啶掂う啶む啶班啶う啶苦ざ啷嵿く啶む 啷�
啶� 啶� 啶侧た啶權啶椸 啶啶距う啷�啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶さ啶む 啶膏ぎ啶掂じ啷嵿ぅ啶苦い啶 啷� 啷ェ 啷�bhavatau yat pac膩d墨n膩峁� t膩vadatropadi艣yate |
na ca li峁単a峁� pac膩d墨n膩峁� bhavatau samavasthitam || 61 ||61. The Being (or Existence) which is included in the meanings of roots like 鈭�pac is all that is taught here (that is in P. 3.3.18) and it is not associated with any particular gender.
Commentary
[It was said before that as all the particulars or individuals are included in the general which is actually taught, the gender and number used in the teaching are not significant. Here it is pointed out that the general persists even in the particulars and so it does not abandon its unity. Otherwise, it would not be the general at all. The general is not associated with a particular gender or number.]