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 2.204
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 2.204:
啶曕啶班た啶ぞ啶ぞ 啶︵啶啶む啷� 啶ㄠぞ啶 啶膏ぎ啷嵿が啶ㄠ啶оじ啷嵿く 啶� 啶掂ぞ啶氞啶� 啷�
啶ㄠぞ啶た 啶曕啶班た啶ぞ啶う啶距啷嵿し啷囙お啷� 啶膏ぎ啷嵿が啶ㄠ啶оじ啷嵿く 啶む 啶啶︵啶� 啷� 啷ㄠウ啷� 啷�kriy膩y膩 dyotako n膩ya峁� sambandhasya na v膩caka岣� |
n膩pi kriy膩pad膩k峁p墨 sambandhasya tu bhedaka岣� || 204 ||204. It does not manifest an action, nor does it directly express a relation nor does it supply a verb but it specifies a relation.
Commentary
[This stanza states the position in regard to the 办补谤尘补辫谤补惫补肠补苍墨测补. In v峁沰峁m anu vidyotate vidyut, the 办补谤尘补辫谤补惫补肠补苍墨测补 anu does not manifest an action, in this case, the action of aiming. Such an action does not come to the mind from the sentence. Nor does it directly express relation because the second case-ending does it. Nor does it bring some other action to the mind as vi does in 辫谤腻诲别艣补峁� viparilikhati. All that it does is to specify the relation, namely, 濒补办峁补濒补办峁峁嘺产丑腻惫补.
The 痴峁泃迟颈 explains this verse on the basis of the sentence: 艢膩kalyasya 蝉补峁僪颈迟腻尘 anu pr膩var峁t. Here the word anu does not bring the action of 鈥榟earing鈥� to the mind. Nor does it imply an action as vi does in viparilikhati. Nor does it express an action because the case-ending in 蝉补峁僪颈迟腻尘 would become a 碍腻谤补办补惫颈产丑补办迟颈 which it is not. Nor does it express a relation created by the action of hearing. So it specifies the relation created by the action of hearing. It specifies that the relation is that of cause and effect. As it performs this special function, it is regarded as a separate part of speech by some. The concluding words of the 痴峁泃迟颈 are worth quoting鈥�Tasm膩d anyaprak膩r膩sambhav膩d 补测补峁� ni艣amayati kriyopajanita峁� sambandham avacchinatti. Hetuhetumatsambandho'yam, neda峁� sambandh膩ntaram iti. Etasm膩cca v峁泃tibhed膩t 辫补帽肠补尘补峁� padaj膩ta峁� karmapravacaniy膩岣� kai艣cid 膩c膩ryai岣� pratij帽膩yante.]
The author again speaks about the indivisibility of the sentence and of the sentence-meaning.