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 3.9.28
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.9.28:
啶ぅ啶� 啶む啶侧ぞ啶ぞ啶� 啶灌じ啷嵿い啷� 啶掂ぞ 啶ㄠぞ啶ㄠぞ啶︵啶班さ啷嵿く啶掂啶さ啶膏啶ムた啶むぎ啷� 啷�
啶椸啶班啶む啶掂 啶ぐ啶苦ぎ啷�啶啶� 啶曕ぞ啶侧ぞ啶︵啶掂 啶曕啶班た啶ぞ啶椸い啶苦 啷� 啷ㄠギ 啷�yath膩 tul膩y膩峁� haste v膩 n膩n膩dravyavyavasthitam |
gurutva峁� parim墨yeta k膩l膩deva峁� kriy膩gati岣� || 28 ||28. Just as the weight of different objects is measured by the balance or by the hand of experts, so is action measured by Time.
Commentary
[Time is the means of measuring actions, just as the weight of objects is measured in a balance or in the hand of experts.]