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 2.70
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 2.70:
啶呧じ啶傕え啷嵿え啶苦ぇ啷� 啶啶班い啶苦え啶苦ぇ啶苦ぐ啷嵿ぎ啶� 啶啶ㄠ啶ㄠた啶む啶じ啷嵿く 啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぎ啶｀ 啷�
啶曕ぞ啶啶じ啷嵿さ 啶掂ぞ 啶啶班さ啷冟い啷嵿い啶膏啶� 啶侧啶� 啶囙い啷嵿お啶う啶苦ざ啷嵿く啶む 啷� 啷ウ 啷�asa峁僴nidhau pratinidhirm膩 bh奴nnityasya karma峁嘺岣� |
k膩myasva v膩 prav峁泃tasya lopa itpapadi艣yate || 70 ||70. A substitute is taught in the absence (of what is prescribed) in order that there may be no omission of a compulsory (nitya) ritual or of an optional one which has already been begun.
Commentary
The purpose of substitution is now stated.
[Read verse 70 above]
[What is pointed out here is that even in the case of an optional ritual, if what is prescribed is not available, it should be performed with a substitute. This is all the more so in the case of a compulsory ceremony, because its omission would result in sin. As the 痴峁泃迟颈 puts it: 狈颈迟测补峁� yat karma tasy膩kara峁噀 pratyav膩ya岣�]
Thus it has been shown how a substitute becomes possible by taking the view that the verb brings only the substance in general to the mind and that the word 惫谤墨丑颈产丑颈岣� is a positive injunction and not meant to exclude other substances. It is now stated that if the sentence is indivisible, a substitute would not be possible.