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 1.116
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 1.116:
啶呧啶膏啶班さ啷冟い啷嵿い啶苦ぐ啷嵿く啶� 啶多が啷嵿う啶� 啶膏啶曕啶粪啶い啷嵿さ啶距え啷嵿え啷嬥お啶侧き啷嵿く啶む 啷�
啶掂啶啶ㄠぞ啶︵啶掂ぞ啶啶班た啶� 啶� 啶膏啶掂え啶苦ぎ啶苦い啷嵿い啶距い啷� 啶啶班啷�啶い啷� 啷� 啷оェ啷� 啷�ajasrav峁泃tirya岣� 艣abda岣� s奴k峁atv膩nnopalabhyate |
vyajan膩dv膩yuriva sa svanimitt膩t prac墨yate || 116 ||116. The eternal word which, being fine, is not perceived by the ear, becomes perceptible through its own cause, as the air by fanning.
Commentary
Now another tradition1 is being recorded. There is subtle sound within and without all embodied objects like masses of fine air. According to some, it is understood as ether. Just as, even though atoms of air exist everywhere, it is only when, due to the impact of the fan,2 they are dislodged from their place, that they become endowed with action, in the same way, sound, when given a gross modified form by its manifesting causes, reaches the region of the ear and perfects it.
Notes
1. According to 痴峁涐梗补产丑补, this tradition is also current among the authors of the 艢颈办峁Ｄ乻.
2. Both in the 碍腻谤颈办腻 and in the 痴峁泃迟颈, Pt. Charu Deva Shastri鈥檚 edition has 痴测补帽箩补苍补. But the context requires Vyajana and it is actually found in the manuscript 鈥楽鈥�, used for our edition of 痴腻办测补辫补诲墨测补 碍腻峁囜笉补 I. So that reading has been adopted.