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 1.131
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 1.131:
啶むじ啷嵿ぎ啶距う啷嵿く啶� 啶多が啷嵿う啶膏啶膏啶曕ぞ啶班 啶膏ぞ 啶膏た啶︵啶оた啶� 啶ぐ啶ぞ啶む啶え啶� 啷�
啶むじ啷嵿く 啶啶班さ啷冟い啷嵿い啶苦い啶む啶む啶掂啷嵿啶膏啶むう啷嵿が啷嵿ぐ啶灌啶ぞ啶啶むぎ啶多啶ㄠ啶む 啷� 啷оォ啷� 啷�tasm膩dya岣� 艣abdasa峁僺k膩ra岣� s膩 siddhi岣� param膩tmana岣� |
tasya prav峁泃titattvaj帽astadbrahm膩m峁泃ama艣nute || 131 ||131. Therefore the purification of the word is (the means to the) attainment of the Supreme Self. One who knows the essence of its activity attains the immortal Brahman.
Commentary
Once the essence of the word is purified by the form the correctness of which is established and particular merit is manifested by the disappearance of obstacles in the shape of incorrect forms, well-being (abhyudaya) is certain. Through repeated practice of it and after attaining union (with the word-principle) through the correct word and after fully un- derstanding the Intuition which derives from the word-principle and which is the same as being, which is the source of its modifications and possesses the powers of being the means of accomplishment and the thing to be accomplished, attainment of the Supreme Good (办峁尘补) is certain.
鈥淎fter taking his stand on the word which lies beyond the activity of breath, after having taken rest in oneself by the union resulting in the suppression of sequence,
鈥淎fter having purified speech and after having rested it on the mind, after having broken its bonds and made it bond-free.鈥�
鈥淎fter having reached the inner light, he, with his knots cut, becomes united with the Supreme Light.鈥�