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 3.14.84-85
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.14.84-85:
啶ぞ啶ㄠぎ啷囙く啶距き啶苦じ啶傕が啶ㄠ啶оさ啶苦ざ啷囙し啷囙そ啶權啶椸啶曕啶む 啶むぅ啶� 啷�
啶啶班じ啷嵿ぅ啶距う啷�啶ㄠぞ啶じ啶距ぇ啷佮い啷嵿さ啶� 啶むう啷嵿ぇ啶苦い啷囙え 啶掂た啶ㄠぞ 啶さ啷囙い啷� 啷� 啷オ 啷�
啶むう啷嵿ぇ啶苦い啷� 啶啶椸き啷囙う啷囙え 啶掂ぞ啶曕啶 啶掂ぞ 啶膏啶ぞ啶︵ 啶掂た啶ぞ啶粪た啶むぎ啷� 啷�
啶ぐ啶苦ぎ啶距ぃ啶距ぇ啶苦啷� 啶むい啷嵿ぐ 啶啶班ぅ啶ぞ 啶多た啶粪啶い啷� 啶啶ㄠ 啷� 啷カ 啷�m膩namey膩bhisa峁僢andhavi艣e峁'峁単墨k峁泃e tath膩 |
prasth膩d墨n膩mas膩dhutva峁� taddhitena vin膩 bhavet || 84 ||
taddhito yogabhedena v膩kya峁� v膩 sy膩d vibh膩峁tam |
parim膩峁嚹乨hike tatra pratham膩 艣i峁ate puna岣� || 85 ||84. Once the relation of measure and measured is accepted, there would be incorrectness in words like prastha if a taddhita suffix is not added (by P. 5.1.57).
85. Optionally, the taddhita suffix would be added by 驰辞驳补惫颈产丑腻驳补-splitting, of the rule or there would be a sentence. But the first case-ending is taught when the stem denotes measure as an additional idea (in P. 2.3.46).
Commentary
[We have the expression prastho vr墨hi岣� = 鈥�paddy measuring one prastha鈥�. The word prastha stands for a measure and here it means 鈥榩addy measuring one prastha鈥�. Even if one assumes the relation of identity here, the relation of measure and measured would not necessarily be understood. Relations like proximity are also possible. In order that the relation of measure and measured may be understood, either a taddhita suffix would have to be added by P. 5. 1.57 in which case we would get the form 辫谤腻蝉迟丑颈办补 or a whole sentence would have to be used: 辫谤补蝉迟丑补岣� 辫补谤颈尘腻峁嘺m e峁Ｄ佱箖 vr墨h墨峁嚹乵. By especially mentioning 辫补谤颈尘腻峁嘺 = 鈥榤easure鈥� in P. 2.3.46., we have been told that the first case-ending expresses that idea. The taddhita suffix is not wanted. The fust case-ending would do.]