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 3.7.109
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.7.109:
啶ぞ啶掂し啷嵿さ啷囙さ 啶う啶ㄠ啶ぞ啶膏 啶啶班啷嵿啶距く啶� 啶掂ぞ啶� 啶忇さ 啶掂ぞ 啷�
啶ㄠぞ啶膏啶む啶む啶お啷嵿く啶う啷� 啶ㄠぞ啶膏啶むた 啶� 啶氞ぞ啶膏う啷嵿き啶苦う啷嵿く啶む 啶むい啶� 啷� 啷оウ啷� 啷�产丑腻惫补峁eva padany膩sa岣� praj帽膩y膩 v膩ca eva v膩 |
n膩st墨tyapyapade 苍腻蝉迟颈 na c膩sadbhidyate tata岣� || 109 ||109. Both cognition and the word are based on forms existing (in the mind). One does not say: 鈥榠t does not exist鈥� without a basis and the non-existent does not really differ from the existent.
Commentary
The author now reaffirms his view that what is called the object (the meaning) is what the word conveys.
[Read verse 109 above]
[In this stanza, the view that the object (artha) is what the word conveys is emphasised. Both cognition and the word are based on whatever form is understood. In the expression 鈥�苍腻蝉迟颈鈥� both the cognition and the word are based on some form or other. Thus they are not different from cognition and the word is based on what exists. In both cases, there is some form or other. There is, really speaking, no difference between 产丑腻惫补 and a产丑腻惫补. Whether the thing in question exists outside or not is irrelevant. Thus whether the sprout has an external existence or not, the expression a峁卥ura j膩yate is alright because there is some form which figures in the mind.]