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 3.14.204
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.14.204:
啶ㄠた啶た啶む啶むぞ啶ㄠ啶掂た啶оぞ啶ㄠ 啶� 啶︵啶班さ啷嵿く啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ啶距え啶啶曕啶粪ぃ啶距い啷� 啷�
啶椸啶｀お啷嵿ぐ啶оぞ啶ㄠき啶距さ啷囙え 啶曕啶班た啶ぞ啶啶椸 啶� 啶曕げ啷嵿お啶む 啷� 啷ㄠウ啷� 啷�nimitt膩nuvidh膩ne ca dravyadharm膩napek峁峁嚹乼 |
gu峁嘺pradh膩nabh膩vena kriy膩yogo na kalpate || 204 ||204. If the supposed basis (nimitta) is followed, the attribute of the substances would be disregarded (补苍补辫别办峁峁嚹乼) and it would not be possible to connect them with action primarily or secondarily.
Commentary
[There is another reason why a dvandva should be considered to denote the objects collected rather than the collection. If it stood for the collection primarily, the collected would be overshadowed and their power would not be clearly grasped and so they cannot enter into relation with action either primarily or secondarily. The collection itself being asattva, cannot enter into relation with action. To be connected with action as its 办补谤补峁嘺 or 蝉补尘辫谤补诲腻苍补 etc. is to be connected secondarily; to be connected as karma is to be connected primarily.]