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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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Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.9.4:

तमस्� लोकयन्त्रस्य सूत्रधार� प्रचक्षत� �
प्रतिबन्धाभ्यनुज्ञाभ्यां ते� विश्वं विभज्यते � � �

tamasya lokayantrasya ūٰ� pracakṣate |
pratibandhābhyanujñābhyā� tena viśva� vibhajyate || 4 ||

4. Time has been called the wire-puller of the world Machine. It regulates the universe through prevention and permission.

Commentary

[Time may be likened to the wire-puller (ūٰ) who pulls the wires of the machine-man, namely, the universe. It is due to Time that there is sequence of things in this universe. Some things appear at a particular time while other things do not appear at that time.]

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