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 2.254
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 2.254:
啶忇啷� 啶え啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ啶膏啶むぅ啶距ぇ啷嵿く啶距い啷嵿ぎ啶ぇ啶苦う啷堗さ啶ぇ啶苦啷嵿ぐ啶む 啷�
啶呧じ啶權啶曕ぐ啷囙ぃ 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶距ぐ啷嵿ぅ啷� 啶た啶ㄠ啶ㄠざ啶曕啶むた啶班啶掂啶さ啶膏啶ムた啶む 啷� 啷ㄠカ啷� 啷�eko mantrastath膩dhy膩tmamadhidaivamadhikratu |
asa峁卥are峁嘺 sarv膩rtho bhinna艣aktirvyavasthita岣� || 254 ||254. One and the same sacred hymn is accepted, without any confusion, as having many meanings and different powers according as it is considered from the point of view of the 腻迟尘补苍, or of the gods, or of the ritual.
Commentary
Another effect of the 别办补艣补产诲补诲补谤艣补苍补 is now being shown.
[Read verse 254 above]
[A sacred hymn remains the same even if it is used for different purposes such as meditation, muttered prayer and sacrifice. On each occasion, it would have a different meaning but the mantra is looked upon as the same.]
So far, 艣补产诲辞辫补肠腻谤补 according to 别办补艣补产诲补诲补谤艣补苍补 has been shown. In 艣补产诲辞辫补肠腻谤补, the word now denotes one meaning and now another. That affects the eternality of the relation between the two. So he now considers the question from the point of view of 补谤迟丑辞辫补肠腻谤补.