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 2.469-471
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 2.469-471:
啶呧い啷嵿く啶ㄠ啶むき啶苦え啷嵿え啶啶班啶掂ぞ 啶膏啶ぞ啶む 啶啶班く啷嬥啶膏啶むえ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ啶侧啷嵿し啶｀ 啷�
啶夃お啶距く啶膏啶むい啷嵿ぐ 啶膏啶膏ぐ啷嵿啶� 啶啶班い啶苦お啶む啶む啶粪 啶た啶︵啶い啷� 啷� 啷ガ啷� 啷�
啶啶︵啶ㄠぞ啶掂啶む 啶啶班啶掂 啶多が啷嵿う啷� 啶む啶侧啶ざ啷嵿ぐ啷佮い啷� 啶啶ㄠ 啷�
啶むえ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ啷囙ぃ 啶啶班い啶苦お啶む啶むぞ啶班 啶啶班く啷嬥啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ啶� 啶啶班い啶苦お啶距う啶苦い啶距 啷� 啷キ啷� 啷�
啶忇啶膏啶ぞ啶た 啶掂た啶掂啷嵿し啶距く啶距ぎ啶ㄠ啶ㄠた啶粪啶う啷嵿く啶む 啶ぐ啶� 啷�
啶掂た啶ㄠぞ啶洁き啶苦じ啶傕ぇ啶苦え啶� 啶多が啷嵿う啶� 啶多啷嵿い啶苦ぐ啷傕お啶� 啶啶班啶距ざ啶む 啷� 啷キ啷� 啷�atyantabhinnayorv膩 sy膩t prayogastantralak峁峁嘺岣� |
up膩yastatra sa峁僺arga岣� pratipatt峁涐梗u bhidyate || 469 ||
bheden膩vagatau p奴rva峁� 艣abdau tulya艣rut墨 puna岣� |
tantre峁嘺 pratipatt膩ra峁� prayoktr膩 pratip膩dit膩岣� || 470 ||
ekasy膩pi vivak峁Ｄ亂膩manuni峁adyate para岣� |
vin膩'bhisa峁僤hin膩 艣abda岣� 艣aktir奴pa岣� prak膩艣ate || 471 ||469. Or it is a case of mentioning in a condensed form (through tantra) two separate words. The inter connection between the words differs according to the hearer.
470. What were two separate sentences having the same form have been used in a condensed form by the speaker for the benefit of the hearers.
471. Even if only one of the condensed sentences is meant by the speaker, the other (being of the same form) comes to the mind. Without any intention on the part of the speaker, the other comes to the mind as a power.
Commentary
[Read verse 469-470 above]
The views of the 产丑别诲补惫腻诲颈苍 and the a产丑别诲补惫腻诲颈苍 are now put differently.
[Read verse 471 above]
[The first half of the verse gives the view of the 产丑别诲补惫腻诲颈苍 and the other half that of the a产丑别诲补惫腻诲颈苍.]
Another way of putting the view of the a产丑别诲补惫腻诲颈苍 is. this.