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 3.8.9
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.8.9:
啶ぅ啶� 啶� 啶ぞ啶椸ぞ啶� 啶啶む啶班啶︵啶距じ啷囙啶ㄠぞ啶︵く啶� 啷�
啶夃う啶曕ぞ啶膏啶氞え啶距う啷�啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶溹啶炧啶ぞ 啶ぞ啶椸ぞ啶膏啶むぅ啶距お啶班 啷� 啷� 啷�yath膩 ca bh膩g膩岣� pacatairudak膩secan膩daya岣� |
udak膩secan膩d墨n膩峁� j帽ey膩 bh膩g膩stath膩pare || 9 ||9. Just as pouring water (耻诲补办腻蝉别肠补苍补) etc. are parts of the action of cooking, in the same way, pouring water etc. have also parts of their own.
Commentary
If parts of an action are directly perceptible, action would also become so, because they are also actions. This point is now clarified.
[Read verse 9 above]
[It is not only main actions which are thus inferable and not directly perceptible. Each moment or part may be looked upon as action in which case it will also be inferable and not directly perceptible. A part of the action of cooking, namely, placing the vessel on the fire, has also parts arranged in a temporal sequence, and as such, it is also inferable only. ]
What about the stage beyond which one cannot divide it?