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 3.9.14
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.9.14:
啶溹げ啶え啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ啶啶班ぎ啶距さ啷囙ざ啶膏う啷冟ざ啷�啶た啶� 啶啶班さ啷冟い啷嵿い啶苦き啶苦 啷�
啶� 啶曕げ啶距 啶曕げ啶え啷� 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶距 啶曕ぞ啶侧ぞ啶栢啶ぞ啶� 啶侧き啶む 啶掂た啶啶� 啷� 啷оオ 啷�jalayantrabhram膩ve艣asad峁浥浤玝hi岣� prav峁泃tibhi岣� |
sa kal膩岣� kalayan sarv膩岣� k膩l膩khy膩峁� labhate vibhu岣� || 14 ||14. By means of activities similar to the turning of the water-wheel, the eternal and all-pervasive Time turns out (kalayati) all the fragments (kal膩岣� = objects) and thus acquires the name of 办腻濒补 (Time).
Commentary
It is now stated that the name 办腻濒补 (Time) corresponds to its nature.
[Read verse 14 above]
[The cyclic activities of Time resemble the turning of the water-wheel which is meant to draw water. That is why the seasons recur in a definite order and all objects emerge from their causes. What is really meant here is that the only true Being is Parabrahman. He has infinite powers through which he produces all kinds of effects. He creates the effects in cycles (kalayati) and hence he is called 办腻濒补.]