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 2.479-481
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 2.479-481:
啶啶溹た啶膏啶さ啶班啶啶啷嵿し啷堗 啶多啶粪啶曕い啶班啶曕ぞ啶ㄠ啶膏ぞ啶班た啶た啶� 啷�
啶嗋ぐ啷嵿し啷� 啶掂た啶啶侧ぞ啶掂た啶む 啶椸啶班え啷嵿ぅ啷� 啶膏啶椸啶班す啶啶班い啶苦啶炧啶氞啶曕 啷� 啷キ啷� 啷�
啶 啶い啶炧啶溹げ啶苦ざ啶苦し啷嵿く啷囙き啷嵿く啷� 啶啶班し啷嵿啷� 啶掂啶啶班ぃ啶距啶 啷�
啶曕ぞ啶侧 啶� 啶︵ぞ啶曕啶粪た啶｀ぞ啶む啶啶粪 啶椸啶班え啷嵿ぅ啶ぞ啶む啶班 啶掂啶さ啶膏啶ムた啶む 啷� 啷ギ啷� 啷�
啶ぐ啷嵿さ啶むぞ啶︵ぞ啶椸ぎ啶� 啶侧が啷嵿ぇ啷嵿さ啶� 啶ぞ啶粪啶が啷�啶溹ぞ啶ㄠ啶膏ぞ啶班た啶た啶� 啷�
啶� 啶ㄠ啶む 啶す啷佮ざ啶距啷嵿い啷嵿さ啶� 啶氞え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶距啶距ぐ啷嵿く啶距う啶苦き啶苦 啶啶ㄠ 啷� 啷ギ啷� 啷�baijisaubhavaryyak峁i岣� 艣u峁atark膩nus膩ribhi岣� |
膩r峁 vipl膩vite granthe sa峁僩rahapratika帽cuke || 479 ||
ya岣� pata帽jali艣i峁ebhyo bhra峁ａ弓o vyakara峁嚹乬ama岣� |
k膩le sa d膩k峁峁嚹乼ye峁 grantham膩tre vyavasthita岣� || 480 ||
parvat膩d膩gama峁� labdhv膩 bh膩峁ab墨j膩nus膩ribhi岣� |
sa n墨to bahu艣膩khtva峁� candr膩c膩ry膩dibhi岣� puna岣� || 481 ||479. When that sacred work which was an epitome of the 厂补峁単谤补丑补 was ruined by Baiji, Saubhava and Haryak峁 who merely followed dry reasoning.
480. The Grammatical Tradition slipped away from the hands of the disciples of Pata帽jali and in time, the mere text of it survived in the South.
481. Then 膧c膩rya Candra and other followers of the principles of the Bh膩峁a obtained the true Tradition from the mountain and elaborated it into many branches.
Commentary
[笔耻峁噛补谤腻箩补 says that by 鈥榤ountain鈥�, the 罢谤颈办奴峁璦 is meant. He also refers to the belief that there on that mountain the original Grammatical Tradition, composed by 搁腻惫补峁嘺 and engraved on stone, existed. Some Brahmarak峁s brought it from there and gave it to 膧肠腻谤测补蝉 Candra, Vasur膩ta and they understood the true nature of the Science of Grammar from it and imparted it to their disciples and incessantly elaborated it. In the end it became a discipline with many branches.]