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 2.142
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 2.142:
啶呧じ啶ぞ啶栢啶啶い啶む啶む啶掂ぞ啶ㄠぞ啶ぐ啷嵿ぅ啶距え啶距 啶侧啶曕た啶曕啶班啶ぅ啶� 啷�
啶掂啶さ啶灌ぞ啶班 啶膏ぎ啶距啷嵿く啶距え啶� 啶むい啷嵿お啷嵿ぐ啶距啷嵿啷� 啶� 啶掂た啶曕げ啷嵿お啶啶む 啷� 啷оオ啷� 啷�asam膩khyeyatattv膩n膩marth膩n膩峁� laukikairyath膩 |
vyavah膩re sam膩khy膩na峁� tatpr膩j帽o na vikalpayet || 142 ||142. In regard to objects which are difficult to define, the wise man should not deviate from the definitions of them adopted by men of the world in their usage.
Commentary
[According to 笔耻峁噛补谤腻箩补, what is emphasised here is that the indefinability of worldly objects being understood, it is better to follow in practical life the worldly conception of them. To try to have another worldly conception of them would be useless repetition (辫颈峁ａ弓补辫别峁峁嘺) of work already done.]
The author now continues his statement on 辫谤补迟颈产丑腻.