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 2.147
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 2.147:
啶啶班ぎ啶距ぃ啶距い啷嵿さ啷囙え 啶むぞ啶� 啶侧啶曕 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶� 啶膏ぎ啶ㄠ啶ざ啷嵿く啶むた 啷�
啶膏ぎ啶距ぐ啶啶ぞ啶� 啶啶班い啶距く啶ㄠ啶む 啶むた啶班ざ啷嵿啶距ぎ啶た 啶むう啷嵿さ啶多ぞ啶む 啷� 啷оオ啷� 啷�pram膩峁嚹乼vena t膩峁� loka岣� sarva岣� samanupa艣yati |
sam膩rambh膩岣� prat膩yante tira艣c膩mapi tadva艣膩t || 147 ||147. The whole world considers that to be the authority (in daily life). Even the activities of animals develop because of that.
Commentary
[笔耻峁噛补谤腻箩补 compares this intuition to the conscience of good people which is able to decide what is right and what is wrong quite instinctively. He quotes 碍腻濒颈诲腻蝉补鈥檚 famous verse: 蝉补迟腻峁� hi sandehapade峁 vastu峁 pram膩峁嘺m 补苍迟补岣补谤补峁嘺-prav峁泃taya岣� = in matters of doubt, one鈥檚 own conscience is the guide of good people.]