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 1.139
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 1.139:
啶ぅ啷堗し啶距 啶むい啷嵿ぐ 啶膏ぞ啶ぐ啷嵿ぅ啷嵿く啶� 啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ啷囙そ啶啶啶掂 啶啶班い啷�啶い啶距ぎ啷� 啷�
啶膏ぞ啶о啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶膏ぞ啶о啶た啶膏啶むじ啷嵿ぎ啶距う啷嵿さ啶距啷嵿く啶き啷嵿く啷佮う啶ぞ啶班啶ムた啶ㄠぞ啶 啷� 啷оォ啷� 啷�yathai峁Ｄ佱箖 tatra s膩marthya峁� dharme'pyeva峁� prat墨yat膩m |
s膩dh奴n膩峁� s膩dhubhistasm膩dv膩cyamabhyuday膩rthin膩m || 139 ||139. Let it be understood that just as they (the words) have such powers, similarly they also have the power to produce merit. Therefore, good people who desire well-being should use only correct words.
Commentary
It is learnt from the sacred books that there are powers leading to visible results associated with every word. As there is such a tradition, let it be understood that correct words are the means of acquiring merit and, therefore, those who wish to attain divine happiness must follow the trustworthy tradition uninterruptedly practised by the cultured and use only correct words in worldly transactions.