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 2.8-9
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 2.8-9:
啶氞た啶む啶班じ啷嵿く啷堗啶膏啶掂ぐ啷傕お啶膏啶� 啶ぅ啶� 啶啶︵え啶苦う啶班啶多え啷堗 啷�
啶ㄠ啶侧ぞ啶︵た啶た啶� 啶膏ぎ啶距啷嵿く啶距え啶� 啶曕啶班た啶い啷� 啶た啶ㄠ啶ㄠげ啶曕啶粪ぃ啷堗 啷� 啷� 啷�
啶むぅ啷堗さ啷堗啶膏啶� 啶掂ぞ啶曕啶じ啷嵿く 啶ㄠた啶班ぞ啶曕ぞ啶權啶曕啶粪じ啷嵿く 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶む 啷�
啶多が啷嵿う啶距え啷嵿い啶班啶� 啶膏ぎ啶距啷嵿く啶距え啶� 啶膏ぞ啶曕ぞ啶權啶曕啶粪啶班え啷佮啶啶い啷� 啷� 啷� 啷�citrasyaikasvar奴pasya yath膩 bhedanidar艣anai岣� |
n墨l膩dibhi岣� sam膩khy膩na峁� kriyate bhinnalak峁峁嘺i岣� || 8 ||
tathaivaikasya v膩kyasya nir膩k膩峁卥峁sya sarvata岣� |
艣abd膩ntarai岣� sam膩khy膩na峁� s膩k膩峁卥峁iranugamyate || 9 ||8. Just as the One picture is explained through its different colours like blue which belong to its parts, in the same way, the One sentence, entirely self-sufficient and complete, is explained through individual words which require one another.
Commentary
[A colour-pattern is one but it is explained in terms of the different colours which figure in it. In the same way, the sentence is one and self-sufficient but it is explained in terms of individual words which appear to figure in other sentences and which require one another.]