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 3.7.148
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.7.148:
啶曕ぐ啷嵿い啷冟啶班啶さ啷嵿く啶掂す啶苦い啶距ぎ啶膏ぞ啶曕啶粪ぞ啶︵啶оぞ啶班く啶む 啶曕啶班た啶ぞ啶 啷�
啶夃お啶曕啶班啶掂い啷� 啶曕啶班た啶ぞ啶膏た啶︵啶о 啶多ぞ啶膏啶む啶班啶洁ぇ啶苦啶班ぃ啶� 啶膏啶啶むぎ啷� 啷� 啷оオ啷� 啷�kart峁沰armavyavahit膩mas膩k峁Ｄ乨dh膩rayat kriy膩m |
upakurvat kriy膩siddhau 艣膩stre'dhikara峁嘺峁� sm峁泃am || 148 ||148. That which helps in the accomplishment of the action by holding it indirectly through the agent or the object is called 补诲丑颈办补谤补峁嘺 (abode) in the Science of Grammar.
Commentary
Now begins the treatment of 补诲丑颈办补谤补峁嘺 (abode, location).
[Read verse 148 above]
[In the world, a thing can be called 补诲丑颈办补谤补峁嘺 (abode, location) in relation to an action, a quality or a substance. In grammar, a thing is so called when it helps in the accomplishment of the action by doing the service called 诲丑腻谤补峁嘺 = holding. Action is directly connected with the agent or the object. That which holds these two is called 补诲丑颈办补谤补峁嘺. In other words, it helps in the accomplishment of the action only indirectly, through the agent or the object. By holding the agent or the object, as in ka峁璭 膩ste = he sits on the mat, sth膩ly膩峁� pacati = he cooks in the pot, a thing is called abode (补诲丑颈办补谤补峁嘺).]