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 2.423
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 2.423:
啶呧じ啷嵿い啶苦い啷嵿さ啷囙え啶距え啷佮し啶曕啶む 啶掂ぞ 啶ㄠた啶掂啶む啶むく啶距い啷嵿ぎ啶ㄠた 啶掂ぞ 啶膏啶ムた啶む 啷�
啶呧ぐ啷嵿ぅ啷嬥そ啶た啶о啶い啷� 啶じ啷嵿ぎ啶距う啶む 啶掂ぞ啶曕啶 啶啶班く啷佮啷嵿く啶む 啷� 啷エ啷� 啷�astitven膩nu峁kto v膩 niv峁泃tay膩tmani v膩 sthita岣� |
artho'bhidh墨yate yasm膩dato v膩kya峁� prayujyate || 423 ||423. Inasmuch as even the meaning of a single word is expressed as connected with existence or non-existence, it is the sentence which is used (for communication).
Commentary
[Only the sentence and its meaning are real because only they are fit for communication. That is why, when a communication is made by means of a single word, it is completed by adding mentally the word or at least the idea of existence or non-existence.
The text of the 痴峁泃迟颈 is doubtful at the beginning but becomes clearer later. After having said that like existence or positive activity, non-existence or absention from activity is conveyed by the sentence. That is why it is the sentence with the verb actually present in it or inferred which is used in all communication:鈥�Prav峁泃tivacca niv峁泃tisa峁僺argo'pi v膩kyadharma eva. Tasm膩cchr奴yam膩峁嘺-kriy膩padam anum墨yam膩nakriy膩pada峁� v膩 v膩kyam eva sarvavyavah膩re峁 avatarati.]