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 3.9.23
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.9.23:
啶膏啶ムた啶む 啶膏啶膏ぐ啷嵿啶苦き啶苦ぐ啷嵿き啶距さ啷堗 啶� 啶曕啶班た啶ぞ啶膏啶掂え啷佮啷冟す啷嵿く啶む 啷�
啶ㄠ啶粪ぞ啶� 啶膏い啷嵿い啶距ぎ啶ㄠ啶︵ 啶椸啶灌啶� 啶掂啶む啶むた啶班啶溹え啷嵿ぎ啶掂い啶距 啶膏啶啶むぞ 啷� 啷ㄠォ 啷�sthita岣� sa峁僺argibhirbh膩vai岣� sa kriy膩svanug峁沨yate |
nai峁Ｄ佱箖 satt膩manud g峁沨ya v峁泃tirjanmavat膩峁� sm峁泃膩 || 23 ||23. The object which continues to exist becomes capable of fulfilling various purposes with the help of cooperating objects. Without accepting the existence of these objects, things born cannot perform any activity.
Commentary
[An object which continues to exist is capable of fulfilling some purpose with the help of other cooperating objects. Nothing does anything by itself. It does so only on the basis of the existence of cooperating objects. As it comes into contact with different cooperating objects, it fulfils various purposes and this is what is meant by continuity. The function of Time called 鈥榩ermission鈥� (补产丑测补苍耻箩帽腻) extends up to the continuity of an object.]
The function of Time called 鈥楶revention鈥� is now going to be explained.