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 3.7.75
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.7.75:
啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぎ啶｀じ啷嵿い啷嵿さ啶距お啷嵿い啷佮ぎ啶苦し啷嵿啶む啶� 啶嗋ざ啷嵿ぐ啶苦い啷囙そ啶むた啶多く啷� 啶い啶� 啷�
啶嗋ざ啷嵿ぐ啷�啶い啷� 啶むい啷嬥そ啶む啶え啷嵿い啶� 啶啶︵ 啶啶班啶掂啶� 啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぎ啶｀ぞ 啷� 啷カ 啷�karma峁嘺stv膩ptumi峁ａ弓atva 膩艣rite'ti艣ayo yata岣� |
膩艣r墨yate tato'tyanta峁� bheda岣� p奴rve峁嘺 karma峁嚹� || 75 ||75. As difference of degree is accepted in regard to the quality of being desired to be attained (by the agent) of the object, therefore, a great difference is accepted (between that which becomes object by P. 1.4.51) and that which becomes object by the first rule (P. 1.4.49).
Commentary
[There is a difference between the instrument and the object in this respect. All the accessories (办腻谤补办补) are means (蝉腻诲丑补苍补) and that which reaches the climax in being the means is called the instrument (蝉腻诲丑补办补迟补尘补). Thus, it is a difference in degree within its own sphere. But all the accessories are not desired to be attained (墨辫蝉颈迟补) by the agent. Only the object is so. Therefore, that which reaches the ch-max in being 墨辫蝉颈迟补 has difference in degree within the sphere of the object and not outside it, whereas in the case of the instrument, the difference in degree is in regard to all the accessories. In the case of the object, as the difference in degree is within its own sphere, there should be different degrees. It is only by understanding it in this way that the sphere of the 补辫腻诲腻苍补 (starting point) can be distinguished from that of the object.]
Something is now being said as to whether the cow, in connection with the root 鈥�duh鈥�, can become the object according to P. 1.4.49.