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 3.9.51
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.9.51:
啶呧え啶距啶むぞ 啶溹え啷嵿ぎ啶多啷嵿い啷囙 啶多啷嵿い啶苦ぐ啶啶班い啶苦が啶ㄠ啶оた啶曕ぞ 啷�
啶呧い啷�啶むぞ啶栢啶ぞ 啶む 啶ぞ 啶多啷嵿い啶苦じ啷嵿い啶ぞ 啶溹え啷嵿ぎ 啶掂た啶班啶о啶い啷� 啷� 啷ェ 啷�an膩gat膩 janma艣akte岣� 艣aktirapratibandhik膩 |
at墨t膩khy膩 tu y膩 艣aktistay膩 janma virudhyate || 51 ||51. The power called Future does not stand in the way of birth but the power called Past does stand in the way of it.
Commentary
[The power called Future docs not stand in the way of the power called Present which is associated with the birth of objects. What is called Future is something which in time, will become present. But the power called Past does stand in the way of the power called Present. What is past is past. It docs not become present whereas it is what was future which, in time, becomes present. ]