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 3.7.54
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.7.54:
啶ㄠた啶班啶掂ぐ啷嵿い啷嵿く啶距う啶苦し啷� 啶むい啷嵿お啷傕ぐ啷嵿さ啶え啷佮き啷傕く 啶膏啶掂い啶ㄠ啶む啶班い啶距ぎ啷� 啷�
啶曕ぐ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ啶ㄠ啶むぐ啶距ぃ啶距 啶掂啶ぞ啶ぞ啶班 啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぎ 啶膏啶う啷嵿く啶む 啶むい啶� 啷� 啷オ 啷�苍颈谤惫补谤迟测腻诲颈峁 tatp奴rvamanubh奴ya svatantrat膩m |
kartrantar膩峁嚹佱箖 vy膩p膩re karma sa峁僷adyate tata岣� || 54 ||54. After having enjoyed independence at first in regard to actions like coining into being (苍颈谤惫峁泃迟颈), they become the object in regard to the actions of other agents.
Commentary
The author now introduces the subject of karma-办补谤迟腻 (object-subject).
[Read verse 54 above]
Remark. The reading should be 苍颈谤惫峁泃迟测腻诲颈峁, instead of 苍颈谤惫补谤迟测腻诲颈峁.
[It was remarked before that all accessories (办腻谤补办补) are agents as far as their minor actions are concerned. How then can they become object (karma)? They can, when, instead of their minor actions being emphasised, that of the main agent is emphasised and the main agent wants to reach them by his action. They then become subordinate to the main agent and become object (karma). They were agents at first and become object, etc. (karma) etc. later.]
How what was karma at first becomes 鈥�办补谤迟腻鈥� later is now explained.