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 2.203
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 2.203:
啶灌啶む啶灌啶む啶い啷嬥ぐ啷嵿く啷嬥啶ぐ啶苦啷嵿啷囙う啷囙そ啶ㄠ啶ㄠぞ 啶曕啶む 啷�
啶嗋ぐ啶啶ぞ啶︵啶оぞ啶о啶い啷� 啶啶班ぞ啶啶むぞ 啶む啶む啶ぞ 啶灌啶む啶侧啷嵿し啶｀ぞ 啷� 啷ㄠウ啷� 啷�hetuhetumatoryogaparicchede'nun膩 k峁泃e |
膩rambh膩ddh膩dhyate pr膩pt膩 t峁泃墨y膩 hetulak峁峁嚹� || 203 ||203. Once the relation of cause and effect has been specified by anu, the third case-ending would result but that is prevented by special teaching.
Commentary
[The special teaching referred to is P.1.4. 84. Hetu (cause) is of two kinds: it is either that which brings about something or that which makes known something. By P. 1.4.90, anu gets the name 办补谤尘补辫谤补惫补肠补苍墨测补 when the idea of 濒补办峁峁嘺 is to be expressed. Lak峁峁嘺 stands for both kinds of cause. In v峁沰峁m anu vidyotate vidyut, the second kind of cause is ex- pressed. The tree is what makes the lightning known. In such a case, anu gets the name 办补谤尘补辫谤补惫补肠补苍墨测补 by P. 1.4.90 and takes the second case-ending by P. 2.3.8. But 濒补办峁峁嘺 can mean the first kind of cause also and that takes the third case-ending by P. 2.3.23. But as there is a separate 蝉奴迟谤补 (that is, P.1.4.84.) giving the name 办补谤尘补辫谤补惫补肠补苍墨测补 to anu when the first kind of cause is to be expressed, the third case-ending is set aside and the second case-ending comes according to P. 2.3.8.
The 痴峁泃迟颈 says the same thing as follows鈥擳he word anu has been seen elsewhere to suggest the action of hearing (苍颈艣腻尘补测补迟颈办谤颈测腻) and so here it brings to the mind the action of hearing as the cause of the relation produced by it. The sixth case-ending expressive of cause should therefore be used. But the third has been taught as expressive of cause (P.2.3.23.) That would then come in place of the sixth. But then anu has been given the name of 办补谤尘补辫谤补惫补肠补苍墨测补 which takes the second case ending which, therefore, sets aside the third caseending. ]