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 2.312
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 2.312:
啶曕ぞ啶曕啶啶 啶班啷嵿し啷嵿く啶むぞ啶� 啶膏ぐ啷嵿お啶苦ぐ啶苦い啶� 啶ぞ啶侧啶洁お啶� 啶氞啶︵た啶む 啷�
啶夃お啶樴ぞ啶むお啶班 啶掂ぞ啶曕啶 啶� 啶多啶掂ぞ啶︵た啶啶 啶� 啶班啷嵿し啶むた 啷� 啷┼ェ啷� 啷�k膩kebhyo rak峁at膩峁� sarpiriti b膩lo'pi codita岣� |
upagh膩tapare v膩kye na 艣v膩dibhyo na rak峁ti || 312 ||312. When a boy is told: 鈥榮ave the butter from the crows鈥�, he does not refrain from protecting it from dogs etc. knowing that the order refers to destructive agents in general.
Commentary
The 痴峁泃迟颈 蝉补测蝉:鈥�K膩kebhya岣� k膩k膩d. v膩 sarpi岣� sa峁價ak峁at膩m ityukte upagh膩tahetus膩m膩nyam膩tropalak峁峁嘺tv膩t 办腻办补j膩ter y膩v膩n upagh膩tahetu岣� sa prat墨yate. By saying that 办腻办补 in the verse stands for any destructive agent y膩v膩n upagh膩tahetu岣�, the 痴峁泃迟颈 makes it clear that in worldly verbal usage also, the particular stands for the general.]