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 3.9.110
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.9.110:
啶呧が啶灌た啶膏啶膏ぞ啶оえ啶距ぇ啷�啶ㄠぞ 啶膏た啶︵啶оた啶班啶い啷嵿ぐ 啶掂た啶掂啷嵿し啶苦い啶� 啷�
啶むい啷� 啶膏ぞ啶оえ啶距え啷嵿い啶班ぞ啶ぞ啶掂ぞ啶む 啶膏た啶︵啶оぎ啶苦い啷嵿く啷佮お啶︵た啶多啶い啷� 啷� 啷оェ啷� 啷�abahiss膩dhan膩dh墨n膩 siddhiryatra vivak峁t膩 |
tat s膩dhan膩ntar膩bh膩v膩t siddhamityupadi艣yate || 110 ||110. When it is meant to be conveyed that the production of the result does not depend upon any external cause, it is declared to be already produced, just to exclude the necessity of other causes.
Commentary
[It is usual in the world, when the inner essential cause is present, to disregard the need for external cause and to talk of the effect which is yet to be as though it is already there. Thus according to the speaker鈥檚 intention, all the three tenses are used.]