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 3.7.140
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.7.140:
啶夃き啶距さ啶啶ぇ啷嵿ぐ啷傕さ啷� 啶啶粪 啶う啷嵿く啶啶啶く啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぎ啶溹 啷�
啶掂た啶ぞ啶椸 啶啶班さ啶苦き啶曕啶む 啶む 啶曕啶班た啶 啶むい啷嵿ぐ 啶掂た啶掂啷嵿し啶苦い啷� 啷� 啷оオ啷� 啷�ubh膩vapyadhr奴vau me峁u yadyapyubhayakarmaje |
vibh膩ge pravibhakte tu kriye tatra vivak峁te || 140 ||140. Even though both the rams are active in regard to the separation cause by the action of both, the two actions of separation are meant to be different.
Commentary
How to distinguish between what is stationary and what is not when both have movement is now explained.
[Read verse 140 above]
[In the sentence: apasarpato me峁Ｄ乶 meso 鈥榩arsarpati鈥�, both the rams are presented as active in regard to the separation which takes place. But there are two acts of separation and in regard to each of them, the other ram is inactive (dhruva) and so becomes 补辫腻诲腻苍补.]
Therefore, [read next verse].