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 1.36
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 1.36:
啶啶班い啷嵿く啶曕啶粪ぎ啶ㄠ啶ぞ啶ㄠ 啶� 啶掂啶い啶苦啷嵿ぐ啶啶� 啶掂啶さ啶膏啶ムた啶むぞ啶� 啷�
啶た啶む啶班啷嵿し啶冟お啶苦ざ啶距啶距え啶距 啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぎ啶溹ぞ 啶忇さ 啶膏た啶︵啶оく啶� 啷� 啷┼ガ 啷�pratyak峁manum膩na峁� ca vyatikramya vyavasthit膩岣� |
pit峁況ak峁岣i艣膩c膩n膩峁� karmaj膩 eva siddhaya岣� || 36 ||36. The extraordinary powers of the Pit峁泂, the demons and the goblins, going beyond perception and inference, are the results of their previous deeds.
Commentary
In all circles of thought, it is admitted that deaf people and others hear sounds in their dreams and that some persons can see minute things inside houses through thick walls, without breaking them. When the question arises as to the means by which this is done, one cannot think of anything else than the indefinable power of 补诲峁涐梗峁璦. the result of deeds done in previous births.1
Notes
1. V峁�. points out that those who become deaf after birth may hear sounds in dreams because of the impressions of sounds heard before becoming deaf. But those who are born deaf also hear sounds in dreams. And then there are the manes, demons and goblins who can see the past, the distant and the hidden. All this is due to the effect of deeds done in previous birth. This faculty is called 补诲峁涐梗峁璦 which must be distinguished from perception, inference, tradition and practice.