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 3.14.219
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.14.219:
啶膏ぎ啷嵿が啶ㄠ啶оじ啷嵿く 啶� 啶膏ぎ啷嵿が啶ㄠ啶о 啶膏ぎ啷嵿が啶ㄠ啶о啶洁え啷嵿く啶� 啶啶班じ啶溹啶い啷� 啷�
啶掂た啶啷嵿い啷嵿く啶班啶ムお啷嵿ぐ啶оぞ啶ㄠ 啶� 啶曕啶班た啶ぞ啶啶椸 啶� 啶曕げ啷嵿お啶む 啷� 啷ㄠェ啷� 啷�sambandhasya ca sambandh墨 sambandho'nya岣� prasajyate |
vibhaktyarthapradh膩ne ca kriy膩yogo na kalpate || 219 ||219. The other relation would become the related (sambandhin) of the first relation. Moreover, if the meaning of the case-ending is predominant, it would not be possible to connect it with an action.
Commentary
If the 产补丑耻惫谤墨丑颈 is said to be formed in the sense of a caseending and if matup is added to it, another difficulty would arise which is now stated.
[Read verse 219 above]
[If the 产补丑耻惫谤墨丑颈, formed in the sense of a case-ending, denotes a relation and the matup which is added to it also denotes a relation, then the latter relation would be determined or qualified by the former and would thus cease to be a relation at all, but become the related (sambandhin). A sambandhin is just what is determined by something else. Moreover, if the meaning of the case-ending (say, the sixth-case ending) is predominant, how can it be connected with action as in the sentence citragur 膩n墨yat膩m. A relation, being asattva, is not susceptible to become the 碍腻谤补办补 of an action.]
It is now stated that expressions like 濒补濒补岣� pa艣ya, tatra pa艣ya cannot be given as examples where a word which denotes the meaning of a case-ending predominantly is connected with action.