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 3.14.102-103
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.14.102-103:
啶呧啷冟す啷�啶むさ啶苦ざ啷囙し啷囙ぃ 啶ぅ啶� 啶班啶啶� 啶班啶さ啶距え啷� 啷�
啶啶班啷嵿く啶距く啶む 啶� 啶多啶曕啶侧ぞ啶︵た啶啶︵ぐ啷傕お啶膏啶む(啶班啶え啷嵿い啷�) 啶椸啶灌啶い啷� 啷� 啷оウ啷� 啷�
啶啶︵ぐ啷傕お啶膏ぎ啶距さ啷囙ざ啷� 啶むぅ啶� 啶膏い啷嵿く啶掂た啶掂啷嵿し啶苦い啷� 啷�
啶ぞ啶椸 啶啶班啶距ざ啶苦い啶� 啶曕ざ啷嵿啶苦啷嵿啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ啷囙そ啶權啶椸い啷嵿さ啷囙え 啶椸啶灌啶い啷� 啷� 啷оウ啷� 啷�ag峁沨墨tavi艣e峁峁嘺 yath膩 r奴pe峁嘺 r奴pav膩n |
prakhy膩yate na 艣ukl膩dibhedar奴pastu(r奴pantu) g峁沨yate || 102 ||
bhedar奴pasam膩ve艣e tath膩 satyavivak峁te |
bh膩ga岣� prak膩艣ita岣� ka艣cicch膩stre'峁単atvena g峁沨yate || 103 ||102. Just as an object is cognised (from a distance) as having some undifferentiated colour, its particular colour like white being not cognised.
103. In the same way, when a particular number is not meant to be conveyed through the secondary constituent, if anything connected with it is revealed, it is taken as the basis by the 艣腻蝉迟谤补 for the teaching of a form.
Commentary
[Even if, from a distance, we cannot see the exact colour of an object, we know that it has some colour. In the same way, we know that the meaning of the secondary constituent, being sattva, must have some number, though we do not know which particular one. This is the effect of abhedaikatva. When any circumstance in connection with it is revealed, it is made use of by the 艣腻蝉迟谤补 to teach a particular form. As for instance, the substitution of 测耻峁补诲 and asmad by tavaka and mamaka is made use of by the 艣腻蝉迟谤补 to derive the forms 迟腻惫补办墨苍补 and 尘腻尘补办墨苍补 in the singular by P. 4.3.3.]