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 3.8.25
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.8.25:
啶嗋さ啶苦ぐ啷嵿き啶距さ啶むた啶班啶ぞ啶掂 啶溹え啷嵿ぎ啶ㄠぞ啶多 啶むぅ啶距お啶班啶� 啷�
啶粪啷嵿じ啷� 啶ぞ啶掂さ啶苦啶距ぐ啷囙し啷� 啶曕げ啷嵿お啶苦い啷� 啶掂啶ぞ啶掂す啶距ぐ啶苦啷� 啷� 啷ㄠカ 啷�膩virbh膩vatirobh膩vau janman膩艣au tath膩parai岣� |
峁峁璼u bh膩vavik膩re峁 kalpitau vy膩vah膩rikau || 25 ||25. Among the six transformations of Being, two, manifestation and hiding or birth and destruction according to others, are attributed to it for practical purposes.
Commentary
[According to the 厂补迟办腻谤测补惫腻诲补 of the 厂腻峁卥丑测补蝉, what is called the origin of objects is their revelation or manifestation and destruction is nothing more than their hiding. According to the 补蝉补迟办腻谤测补惫腻诲补 of the 痴补颈艣别峁办补蝉, origin is birth, the coming into being of something new and destruction is its complete dissolution. Among the six transformations of Being, these two are thus differently conceived by different thinkers. They are attributed to Being (蝉补迟迟腻) which, being eternal, cannot have birth and destruction. It is always of one form and therefore, cannot be manifested or hidden. Origin and destruction of Being are thus fictitious.]
It is now stated that these two include action.