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 3.9.47
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.9.47:
啶︵啶班ぞ啶ㄠ啶むた啶曕さ啷嵿く啶掂じ啷嵿ぅ啶距え啶ぇ啷嵿さ啶距ぇ啶苦啶班ぃ啶� 啶ぅ啶� 啷�
啶氞た啶班啷嵿し啶苦お啷嵿ぐ啶掂啶さ啶膏啶ムぞ啶ㄠ 啶曕ぞ啶侧ぞ啶оた啶曕ぐ啶｀ 啶むぅ啶� 啷� 啷キ 啷�dr膩ntikavyavasth膩namadhv膩dhikara峁嘺峁� yath膩 |
cirak峁pravyavasth膩na峁� k膩l膩dhikara峁嘺峁� tath膩 || 47 ||47. Just as the distinction of far (long) and near (short) relates to time, in the same way, that of fast and slow relates to Time.
Commentary
It is now pointed out that other distinctions of Time are also only contingent divisions.
[Read verse 47 above]
[It is like one and the same stretch of road appearing as long or short to two different people or one and the same span of time appearing as slow or quick to two different people.]