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 3.7.45
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.7.45:
啶ㄠた啶班啶掂ぐ啷嵿い啷嵿く啶� 啶� 啶掂た啶曕ぞ啶班啶 啶� 啶啶班ぞ啶啶 啶氞啶むた 啶む啶班た啶оぞ 啶い啶 啷�
啶むい啷嵿ぐ啷囙お啷嵿じ啶苦い啶むぎ啶� 啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぎ 啶氞い啷佮ぐ啷嵿ぇ啶距え啷嵿く啶む啶む 啶曕げ啷嵿お啶苦い啶 啷� 啷カ 啷�nirvartya峁� ca 惫颈办腻谤测补峁� ca 辫谤腻辫测补峁� ceti tridh膩 matam |
tatrepsitatama峁� karma caturdh膩nyattu kalpitam || 45 ||45. Of these (tatra), the object called 鈥榯hat which is most desired to be attained鈥� (墨辫蝉颈迟补迟补尘补) is of three kinds: product (nirvartya), modification (惫颈办腻谤测补) destination (辫谤腻辫测补). The rest has been thought of as of four kinds.
Commentary
Of the seven kinds of 办腻谤补办补 referred to, what is called 鈥榦bject鈥� (karma) is being dealt with first.
[Read verse 45 above]
[The order in which the 办腻谤补办补s are dealt with here is that in which the case-endings are taught in P. 2 3. In P. 1.4 on the other hand, the 办腻谤补办补 called 补辫腻诲腻苍补 is taught first and then 蝉补尘辫谤补诲腻苍补 and so on. 碍腻谤补办补 is of two kinds: 鈥榓lready expressed鈥� (abhihita) and not yet expressed (anabhihita). The first case-ending stands for whatever 办腻谤补办补 is already expressed. It is taught in the sense of the meaning of the stem only. The case ending from the second onwards express the 办腻谤补办补s like karma which have not yet been expressed. The object (karma) is what the agent seeks to attain most by his action. It is of three kinds: product, modification and destination. Besides these three, there are four other kinds.]
What the other four kinds are is now explained.