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 2.412
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 2.412:
啶呧啷嵿啷�啶曕啶む 啶む 啶曕啶粪ぞ啶炧啶氞た啶む 啶膏ぞ啶о啶啶ㄠぞ啶班啶ム啶� 啶膏ぞ啶оえ啷� 啷�
啶嗋ぇ啶距ぐ啶ㄠた啶ぎ啶距ぐ啷嵿ぅ啷堗さ 啶膏ぞ啶оえ啶距え啶距 啶啶ㄠ 啶多啶班啶むた啶� 啷� 啷ェ啷� 啷�a峁単墨k峁泃e tu ke峁Ｄ伱眂it s膩dhyen膩rthena s膩dhane |
膩dh膩raniyam膩rthaiva s膩dhan膩n膩峁� puna岣� 艣ruti岣� || 412 ||412. According to some, once the need for the accessory is accepted because of the action to be accomplished, the accessories are again actually mentioned in order to specify the substrata of the power of the accessories.
Commentary
[Those who hold the 补苍惫颈迟腻产丑颈诲丑腻苍补惫腻诲补 are referred to here. If, from the very beginning a connected meaning involving an action and its accessories are understood, why the accessories are again mentioned in the sentence is explained in this verse. It is for specifying the substrata of the powers of the accessories.
The 痴峁泃迟颈 points out that action is a process, something to be accomplished (蝉腻诲丑测补) and the accessories which help in the accomplishment are already there (siddha) and they exist for the sake of the action (par膩rtham up膩d膩n膩t) and they are 艣别峁 (secondary) in regard to the action (艣别峁bh膩ven膩峁単墨k峁泃e峁 s膩dhane峁) and they assume the form of the action so to speak (办谤颈测腻谤奴辫补-尘补苍耻辫谤补惫颈峁ａ弓别峁颈惫补). This connection between action and the accessories is understood from the very beginning and if the accessories are actually mentioned, it is in order to make clear what the substratum of the power of the accessories is: 膩dh膩rapratipattyarth膩 dravya艣ruti岣�.]