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 2.172
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 2.172:
啶ぅ啶� 啶ぅ啶� 啶膏ぎ啶距啷嵿く啶距え啶� 啶掂啶曕啶粪さ啶侧啶啶曕お啶班啶掂い啷堗 啷�
啶呧さ啶苦ぐ啷佮う啷嵿ぇ啶� 啶椸さ啶距う啷�啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶た啶ㄠ啶ㄠ啶多啶� 啶膏す啶氞ぞ啶班た啶た啶� 啷� 啷оキ啷� 啷�yath膩 patha岣� sam膩khy膩na峁� v峁沰峁valm墨kaparvatai岣� |
aviruddha峁� gav膩d墨n膩峁� bhinnai艣ca sahac膩ribhi岣� || 172 ||172. Just as there is no contradiction in showing the same path in relation to a tree, an anthill or a mountain, in the same way, words like go can be derived through different accompanying attributes.
Commentary
[The word go really denotes the universal gotva but it can be derived on the basis of any one of the many attributes which co-exist in the cow with its universal. These attributes may be actions or qualities.]