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 3.14.291
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.14.291:
啶оぞ啶む啶掂ぐ啷嵿ぅ啶� 啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぎ啶掂た啶粪く啷� 啶掂啶お啶︵た啶粪啶熰 啶膏啶掂じ啶距ぇ啶ㄠ啶� 啷�
啶呧ぐ啷嵿ぅ啶距い啷� 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶距ぃ啶� 啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぎ啶距ぃ啶� 啶啶班ぞ啶椸ぞ啶曕啶粪た啶啶ぞ啶掂い啶苦し啷嵿啶む 啷� 啷ㄠク啷� 啷�dh膩tvartha岣� karmavi峁yo vyapadi峁ａ弓a岣� svas膩dhanai岣� |
arth膩t sarv膩峁噄 karm膩峁噄 pr膩g膩k峁py膩vati峁ａ弓hate || 291 ||291. The meaning of a root in the nature of action, determined by its accessories, brings to the mind, at the very beginning, all the objects.
Commentary
[When the meaning of a transitive verb, of a varied nature such as seating etc. and determined by such things as the prompter and the agent, is first mentioned, then, being of a varied nature, it cannot be accomplished by the same accessory and so many are suggested at the very beginning and when it is set aside, the others are understood.]