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 3.7.14
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.7.14:
啶ㄠた啶た啶む啶むき啶距さ啷� 啶ぞ啶掂ぞ啶ㄠぞ啶啶啶距ぐ啶距ぐ啷嵿ぅ啶ぞ啶多啶班た啶む 啷�
啶ㄠい啶苦ぐ啶距さ啶班啶溹え啷囙い啷嵿く啷囙さ啶� 啶膏た啶︵啶о 啶膏ぞ啶оえ啶た啶粪啶い啷� 啷� 啷оオ 啷�nimittabh膩vo bh膩v膩n膩mupak膩r膩rtham膩艣rita岣� |
natir膩varjanetyeva峁� siddha岣� 蝉腻诲丑补苍补mi峁ate || 14 ||14. It is for the sake of rendering help (to the action) that finished objects are looked upon as cause (nimitta). It is an inclination to render service (nati) or self-surrender. Thus what is a finished thing (siddha) becomes the means (蝉腻诲丑补苍补).
Commentary
[Actions are yet to be accomplished and things which are already there help in their accomplishment. Anything which is already accomplished and is inclined to help in an action becomes means (蝉腻诲丑补苍补).]
It is now stated that grammar is indifferent on the question whether a power is different from the object of the same.