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 3.1.81-82
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.1.81-82:
啶溹ぞ啶む啶班ぞ啶多啶班た啶むじ啶傕啷嵿く啶距く啶距 啶啶班さ啷冟い啷嵿い啶苦ぐ啷佮お啶侧き啷嵿く啶む 啷�
啶膏啶栢啶ぞ啶掂た啶多啶粪ぎ啷佮い啷嵿じ啷冟啷嵿く 啶曕啶掂啶苦い啷嵿じ啷堗さ 啶啶班さ啶班啶むい啷� 啷� 啷ェ 啷�
啶ぐ啶距啷嵿啶啶む 啶膏ぞ啶ぞ啶ㄠ啶 啶啶溹啶い啷� 啶︵啶班さ啷嵿く啶膏啶栢啶く啶� 啷�
啶膏啶掂ぞ啶班啶ム 啶啶班さ啶班啶むぎ啶距え啶� 啶む 啶� 啶膏啶栢啶ぞ啶さ啶侧ぎ啷嵿が啶む 啷� 啷エ 啷�j膩ter膩艣ritasa峁僰hy膩y膩岣� prav峁泃tirupalabhyate |
sa峁僰hy膩vi艣e峁muts峁沯ya kvacitsaiva pravartate || 81 ||
par膩峁単abh奴ta峁� s膩m膩nya峁� yujyate dravyasa峁僰hyay膩 |
sv膩rtha峁� pravartam膩na峁� tu na sa峁僰hy膩mavalambate || 82 ||81. It is seen that the universal, together with the number attached to it, is applied (to action); sometimes, the universal alone, after discarding the number, is applied.
82. Where the universal is subsidiary to something else, there it is associated with the number of the substance (individual). Where, on the other hand, it exists on its own, it does not depend upon the number (of the substance).
Commentary
[Before it was declared that the singular number in graham is not significant on the basis of verbal presentation (艣补产诲补惫测腻辫腻谤补) that is, whether something is presented by words as the main thing or as the secondary thing. Here it is said on the basis of the factual situation (惫腻蝉迟补惫补尘), that is. whether something is actually the main thing or the secondary thing, that the number of the latter is significant.]