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 3.3.74
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.3.74:
啶� 啶灌啶き啶距さ啶膏啶� 啶膏う啷嵿き啶距さ啷� 啶ぞ啶掂じ啷嵿く啶距い啷嵿ぎ啶� 啶啶班す啷�啶い啷� 啷�
啶� 啶氞ぞ啶ぞ啶掂じ啷嵿く 啶ㄠぞ啶膏啶むた啶む啶掂 啶ぞ啶掂じ啷嵿く啶距い啷嵿ぎ啶� 啶啶班じ啷傕く啶む 啷� 啷オ 啷�na hya产丑腻惫补sya sadbh膩ve 产丑腻惫补sy膩tm膩 prah墨yate |
na c膩产丑腻惫补sya n膩stitve 产丑腻惫补sy膩tm膩 pras奴yate || 74 ||74. When non-existence is brought about, existence cannot be destroyed nor can existence be brought when non-existence is destroyed (if non-existence is also a separate category).
Commentary
The author now says something about non-existence as understood by the 痴补颈艣别峁办补蝉.
[Read verse 74 above]
[So far, all reasoning has been going on on the basis of the view that non-existence is something intangible. But, for the 痴补颈艣别峁办补蝉, it is a separate category. That means that it is something tangible. If that is so and it is different from 鈥�产丑腻惫补鈥�, how can 产丑腻惫补 be destroyed when a产丑腻惫补 is produced and how can 产丑腻惫补 be produced when a产丑腻惫补 is destroyed?]