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 3.14.130
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.14.130:
啶膏啶溹啶炧ぞ啶掂た啶粪く啶啶︵ぞ啶班啶ム 啶啶班じ啶曕啶むぞ啶︵ぐ啷嵿ざ啶ㄠ 啶膏啶啶むぎ啷� 啷�
啶曕啶粪啶ぎ啶距ぃ啶� 啶む 啶掂啶ㄠ 啶掂た啶多た啶粪啶熰ぎ啷佮お啶侧き啷嵿く啶む 啷� 啷оォ啷� 啷�sa峁僯帽膩vi峁yabhed膩rtha峁� prasakt膩dar艣ana峁� sm峁泃am |
k峁Ｅ珁am膩峁嘺峁� tu vacana峁� vi艣i峁ａ弓amupalabhyate || 130 ||130. In order to determine the scope of the name 鈥榚lision, (lopa)鈥�, it has been defined as the non-perception of what would otherwise come to be. But an element expressive of a particular number is actually heard (in the analytical sentence, 辫谤补办谤颈测腻惫腻办测补.)
Commentary
If the case-endings do not come to be at all, how can operations depending upon their existence take place even by P. 1.1.62.?
[Read verse 130 above]
[The case-ending is heard in the sentences actually used in life, but as its meaning does not exist in the 惫峁泃迟颈, the case-ending does not come to be. If it does not come to be at all, how is it prasakta, something that is due to come to be? It is the nonperception of what is due to come to be which is called elision (辫谤补蝉补办迟补蝉测腻诲补谤艣补苍补峁� 濒辞辫补岣�). The very fact that elision (luk) is taught (P. 2. 4. 71.) shows that it was due. That it was due is shown in the analytical sentence which is similar to what is actually used in life and is the source (辫谤补办峁泃颈) of the complex formation. In this analytical sentence, the case-endings are actually present and they stand for particular numbers and they are elided by P. 2. 4. 71. In spite of the elision, the effect of the case-ending can be seen in the compound which is formed. One effect of the case-ending is the understanding of a particular number from the complex formation and that is what happens in 迟腻惫补办补, 办耻尘腻谤测补驳腻谤补 etc. Thus it has been shown that even according to the view that in abhedaikatva, particular numbers are not merged but completely disappear, a particular number is sometimes understood from the 惫峁泃迟颈 through its own expressive element.]
But this view is defective.