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 3.7.143
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.7.143:
啶椸い啶苦ぐ啷嵿さ啶苦え啶� 啶む啶掂さ啶оた啶ㄠぞ 啶ㄠぞ啶ぞ啶� 啶囙い啶� 啶椸ぎ啷嵿く啶む 啷�
啶掂啶曕啶粪じ啷嵿く 啶ぐ啷嵿ぃ啶� 啶い啶む啶む啶啶掂 啶ぞ啶粪啶 啶ㄠた啶︵ぐ啷嵿ざ啶苦い啶 啷� 啷оオ啷� 啷�gatirvin膩 tvavadhin膩 n膩p膩ya iti gamyate |
v峁沰峁sya par峁嘺峁� patat墨tyeva峁� bh膩峁e nidar艣itam || 143 ||143. It is understood that unless there is a starting point, there cannot be any departure (补辫腻测补). This has been explained in the 叠丑腻峁补 in regard to the sentence: v峁沰峁sya par峁嘺峁� patati = 鈥榯he leaf of the tree falls鈥�.
Commentary
It is now shown that there cannot be any 补辫腻测补 unless there is a starting-point.
[Read verse 143 above]
[It is explained in the 惭补丑腻产丑腻峁补 on P. 1.4.23 that a movement cannot be called 补辫腻测补 except in relation to a starting point. That is why in the sentence v峁沰峁sya par峁嘺峁� patati = 鈥榯he leaf of the tree falls鈥� the action of falling is not 补辫腻测补 because the tree is not presented as the starting-point. In the sentence v峁沰峁Ｄ乼 par峁嘺峁� patati = the leaf falls from the tree, the falling is 补辫腻测补 because the tree is here presented as the starting point.]
How one and the same thing becomes a different 办腻谤补办补 is now explained.