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 1.77
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 1.77:
啶多が啷嵿う啶膏啶啶班啶о啶掂ぎ啶た啶掂啶啷嵿い啷囙ぐ啷嵿さ啷冟い啷嵿い啶苦き啷囙う啶� 啶む 啶掂啶曕啶むぞ啶� 啷�
啶о啶掂え啶 啶膏ぎ啷佮お啷嬥す啶ㄠ啶む 啶膏啶啶熰ぞ啶む啶ぞ 啶む啶班啶� 啶た啶︵啶い啷� 啷� 啷キ 啷�艣abdasyordhvamabhivyakterv峁泃tibheda峁� tu vaik峁泃膩岣� |
dhvanaya岣� samupohante spho峁乼m膩 tairna bhidyate || 77 ||77. After the manifestation of the 蝉辫丑辞峁璦, the secondary sounds cause difference in speed of utterance, but the essence of the 蝉辫丑辞峁璦 is not affected by them.
Commentary
Just as light, as soon as it appears, becomes the cause of the perception of a jar etc. and if it continues, becomes the cause of the continued perception of it, in the same way, the sound which continues after the manifestation of the word, causes the continuance of the cognition of the word by adding strength to the manifestation. Therefore, though associated with the secondary sound, the difference of which is clearly perceived,1 no identity is superimposed on the 蝉辫丑辞峁璦 which, therefore, does not cause any usage of difference of time in the Science of Grammar as in the case of short etc.
Notes
1. upalak峁tavyatireke峁嘺 vaik峁泃ena dhvanin膩. V峁� points out that the primary sound causes the manifestation of the 蝉辫丑辞峁璦 and so it has to be produced before the manifestation whereas the secondary sound is produced after the manifestation and so its difference from the 蝉辫丑辞峁璦 is clearly perceived by the hearer. There does not, therefore, take place the false attribution of its properties to the 蝉辫丑辞峁璦. The two are clearly distinguished. As the manifestation of the 蝉辫丑辞峁璦 itself depends upon the primary sound which has to be produced before, its properties are falsely attributed to it.]
How does the sound become a factor in the cognition of the word?