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 1.133
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 1.133:
啶呧じ啷嵿い啶� 啶ぞ啶む啶粪 啶掂ぞ啶︵啶粪 啶曕ぐ啷嵿い啷冟し啷嵿さ啶ㄠ啶啶粪啶掂じ啶む啶膏啶掂お啶� 啷�
啶多啶班啶むた啶膏啶啶む啶啶︵た啶む 啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぎ 啶侧啶曕 啶� 啶掂啶い啶苦さ啶班啶むい啷� 啷� 啷оォ啷� 啷�asta峁� y膩te峁 v膩de峁 kart峁涐梗vanye峁asatsvapi |
艣rutism峁泃yudita峁� karma loko na vyativartate || 133 ||133. Even if the doctrines perish and there are no more authors to compose others, cultured people follow the right path mentioned in the 艢谤耻迟颈蝉 (Scripture) and the 厂尘峁泃颈蝉 (written tradition).
Commentary
In all discussions, it is admitted that, like the authors, the written traditions themselves can disappear. When they come to an end and before other authors arise and other written traditions are elaborated, there may be an interval during which cultured people do not violate the rites taught in the Scripture nor the regulations relating to what to eat and what not to eat embodied in the written traditions.