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 3.12.8
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.12.8:
啶膏啶掂た啶оぞ啶ㄠ 啶啶距う啷�啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶曕啶掂啶苦う啶班啶ム 啶啶班い啷�啶い啷� 啷�
啶むえ啷嵿え啶苦ぎ啶苦い啷嵿い啶� 啶ぅ啶距え啷嵿く啶距お啶� 啶曕啶班た啶ぞ啶оた啶多啶班く啶｀ぞ啶︵た啶曕ぞ 啷� 啷� 啷�sa峁僾idh膩na峁� pac膩d墨n膩峁� kvacidartha岣� prat墨yate |
tannimitt膩 yath膩ny膩pi kriy膩dhi艣raya峁嚹乨ik膩 || 8 ||8. Sometimes, from the root 鈭歱补肠, we understand the idea of making arrangements, just as one understands other acts like putting the pot on the fire etc. from it.
Commentary
[It has been said that the meaning of the root pac is the softening of the material to be cooked. How then can the 腻迟尘补苍别辫补诲补, the meaning of which is to make arrangements, come after the root pac? The M. Bh膩. has said that the function of one who makes arrangements can be expressed by the root as in pacate devadatta岣モ�擠evadatta makes arrangements for the cooking. Pacati devadatta岣�, on the other hand, means that Devadatta performs various acts like lighting the fire, placing the pot on it and so on in connection with cooking. When the activity of the prompter is meant to be expressed, one has to use the causative suffix 峁噄肠 and say p膩cayati devadatta岣� = 鈥楧evadatta prompts somebody to cook鈥�. Making arrangements may involve prompting, but the verb docs not directly express it, unless 峁噄肠 is used.]