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 3.7.93
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.7.93:
啶膏啶掂啶曕啶粪啶ぞ啶膏 啶啶班啶班啶粪ざ啷嵿 啶曕ぐ啶｀ぞ啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶� 啶掂た啶︵啶い啷� 啷�
啶嗋ざ啷嵿ぐ啶苦い啶距い啶苦ざ啶い啷嵿さ啶� 啶む 啶ぐ啶むじ啷嵿い啶む啶� 啶侧啷嵿し啶｀ぎ啷� 啷� 啷ォ 啷�蝉惫补办补办峁腻蝉耻 prakar峁艣ca kara峁嚹乶膩峁� na vidyate |
膩艣rit膩ti艣ayatva峁� tu paratastatra lak峁峁嘺m || 93 ||93. Among instruments themselves, all belonging to the self-same category (蝉惫补办补办峁腻蝉耻) there is no difference in degree. The definition refers to superiority in regard to other (accessories).
Commentary
It is now shown how in a sentence like a艣vena path膩 d墨pikay膩 测腻迟颈 = 鈥榟e goes on horse-back along the path with a light鈥�, several things are presented as rendering maximum service (耻辫补办腻谤补辫谤补办补谤峁) at the same time.
[Read verse 93 above]
[Among instruments themselves, there is no difference of degree. The suffix 鈥�tamap鈥� in P. 1.4.42. is added to the word 蝉腻诲丑补办补 = accessory in general. So instrument is that which is an accessory in the highest degree in comparison with the other accessories and not in regard to other instruments.]
It is now stated why the agent who employs all the other accessories, is not considered to be the best accessory.