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 3.9.73
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.9.73:
啶む啶掂啶苦じ啶距ぐ啶膏啶� 啶掂ぞ 啶掂啶︵啶оた啶� 啶む啶｀じ啶距ぐ啶膏啶� 啶掂ぞ 啶︵ぇ啶む 啷�
啶むぞ啶掂う啷� 啶むう啷傕さ啷冟う啷嵿ぇ啶苦く啷嬥啷囙え 啶曕ぞ啶侧い啶む啶む啶掂 啶掂た啶曕げ啷嵿お啶む 啷� 啷ォ 啷�tvacis膩rasya v膩 v峁沝dhi峁� t峁涐箛as膩rasya v膩 dadhat |
t膩vad tad奴v峁沝dhiyogena k膩latattva峁� vikalpate || 73 ||73. By bringing about the growth of the bamboo (in a short time) and that of the palm (very slowly), Time, by association with such diversity, becomes diversified.
Commentary
[Bamboo attains maturity quickly while the palm tree takes a long time to do so. We can speak about bamboo growth time and palm growth time. In this way Time becomes diversified.]