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 3.14.573
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.14.573:
啶呧く啶啶� 啶む 啶膏啶む啶班啶� 啶啶︵ 啶啶︵啶� 啶︵ぐ啷嵿ざ啶苦い啶� 啷�
啶啶班じ啶苦う啷嵿ぇ啶お啶� 啶︵啶班啶溹啶炧ぞ啶ㄠぎ啶啶о 啶啶班い啶苦お啶︵啶い啷� 啷� 啷キ啷� 啷�ayameva tu s奴tre峁嘺 bhedo bhedena dar艣ita岣� |
prasiddhamapi durj帽膩namabudha岣� pratipadyate || 573 ||573. It is this difference which is shown separately by the 蝉奴迟谤补 (P. 5.1.117). Even though already taught (by the previous rule), being difficult, the unintelligent understands (through this rule).
Commentary
[As the relation of standard and object of comparison can be based on difference created by the mind, the vati in r膩javad v峁泃tam, can be explained by the previous 蝉奴迟谤补. So P. 5.1.117 has been given only for the benefit of the less intelligent. This rule tells us that this difference created by the mind is different from the real one. The 艣腻蝉迟谤补 has to serve everybody. The explanation of 谤腻箩补惫补迟 as r膩j膩nam arhati is for the benefit of the less intelligent.]