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 3.7.81-82
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.7.81-82:
啶啶班ぇ啶距え啷囙い啶曕く啷嬥ぐ啷嵿く啶む啶� 啶︵啶班さ啷嵿く啶膏啶� 啶曕啶班た啶く啷嬥 啶啶ム啷� 啷�
啶多啷嵿い啶苦ぐ啷嵿啷佮ぃ啶距ざ啷嵿ぐ啶ぞ 啶むい啷嵿ぐ 啶啶班ぇ啶距え啶え啷佮ぐ啷佮ぇ啷嵿く啶む 啷� 啷ェ 啷�
啶啶班ぇ啶距え啶掂た啶粪く啶� 啶多啷嵿い啶苦 啶啶班い啷嵿く啶啶ㄠき啶苦ぇ啷�啶い啷� 啷�
啶う啶� 啶椸啶｀ 啶むう啶� 啶むう啷嵿さ啶︵え啷佮啷嵿い啶距お啶� 啶啶班啶距ざ啶む 啷� 啷エ 啷�pradh膩netakayoryatra dravyasya kriyayo岣� p峁泃hak |
艣aktirgu峁嚹伵況ay膩 tatra pradh膩namanurudhyate || 81 ||
pradh膩navi峁y膩 艣akti岣� pratyayenabhidh墨yate |
yad膩 gu峁噀 tad膩 tadvadanukt膩pi prak膩艣ate || 82 ||81. When one and the same thing has the power (of being the object) in regard to two actions, the main one and the secondary one, the power in regard to the secondary action follows that in regard to the main one.
82. Where the power (of being the object) relating to the main action is expressed by the verbal suffix, then the one relating to the secondary action, though not expressed, is understood.
Commentary
The author now states what happens when a thing becomes the object of two actions in the same sentence,
[Read verse 81-82 above]
[It has been said before that where the one and the same action has two objects, the verbal suffix expresses the main one and the other is expressed by the case-ending as in aj膩 n墨yate gr膩mam = the goat is taken to the village, when the same object is connected with two actions and the verbal suffix expresses the object in regard to the main action, that in regard to the other need not be expressed. It would be understood without it.]
An example is now given.