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 3.9.49
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.9.49:
啶忇啶膏啶� 啶多啷嵿い啶 啶むた啶膏啶班 啶曕ぞ啶侧じ啷嵿く 啶膏ぎ啶掂じ啷嵿ぅ啶苦い啶距 啷�
啶い啷嵿じ啶傕が啶ㄠ啶о啶� 啶ぞ啶掂ぞ啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶︵ぐ啷嵿ざ啶ㄠぞ啶︵ぐ啷嵿ざ啶ㄠ 啶膏い啶距ぎ啷� 啷� 啷ク 啷�ekasya 艣aktaya岣� tisra岣� k膩lasya samavasthit膩岣� |
yatsa峁僢andhena bh膩v膩n膩峁� dar艣an膩dar艣ane sat膩m || 49 ||49. Time which is One has three powers on account of which the appearance and disappearance of objects takes place.
Commentary
[These are really three powers of Time and it is due to these three powers that things appear and disappear. If diversity of effects can be explained by diversity of powers of the cause, there is no need to postulate a plurality of causes.]