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 1.106
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 1.106:
啶呧え啶掂じ啷嵿ぅ啶苦い啶曕ぎ啷嵿お啷囙そ啶た 啶曕ぐ啶｀ 啶о啶掂え啶啶洁お啶班 啷�
啶膏啶啶熰ぞ啶︵啶掂啶啶距く啶ㄠ啶む 啶溹啶掂ぞ啶侧ぞ 啶溹啶掂ぞ啶侧ぞ啶ㄠ啶むぐ啶距う啶苦さ 啷� 啷оウ啷� 啷�anavasthitakampe'pi kara峁噀 dhvanayo'pare |
spho峁乨evopaj膩yante jv膩l膩 jv膩l膩ntar膩diva || 106 ||106. Even after the organs have ceased to vibrate, other sounds are produced from the 蝉辫丑辞峁璦 as one flame from another.
Commentary
Even when the vibrations continue uninterruptedly, whatever sound is produced by the contact (between the places and organs of articulation) never disappears without producing its effect. The sounds which are produced by the vibration and are simultaneous (with the 蝉辫丑辞峁璦) manifest the 蝉辫丑辞峁璦. The sounds which come in between, resemble them, and shine like them, are called secondary sounds (补苍耻峁峁単补) It has also been said that each secondary sound among them has its series of effects lasting as long as the vibration lasts and helps in the manifestation of the 蝉辫丑辞峁璦. This production of sounds has been described on the analogy of the continuity of the flames proceeding from burning fuel. Just as from the flames of burning fuel proceed continuously other flames produced by them and manifest objects by their light, so is the continuity of the sounds.