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 3.14.221
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.14.221:
啶呧え啷嵿い啶班啶さ啷囙啷嵿 啶膏ぎ啷嵿が啶ㄠ啶о 啶啶班ぞ啶оぞ啶ㄠ啶ぞ啶た啶灌た啶む 啶曕ぅ啶 啷�
啶� 啶啶班ぞ啶むた啶う啶苦啶距ぐ啷嵿ぅ啶多啶� 啶むぅ啶距き啷傕い啶� 啶曕ぅ啶� 啶さ啷囙い啷� 啷� 啷ㄠエ啷� 啷�antarbhavecca sambandha岣� pr膩dh膩ny膩bhihita岣� katham |
sa pr膩tipadik膩rtha艣ca tath膩bh奴ta岣� katha峁� bhavet || 221 ||221. Where the relation is expressed as the predominant meaning, how can it be included in the meaning (of the stem)? How can the meaning of the stem be of such a nature?
Commentary
[If the meaning of the case-ending is the main one, we would get the expression: citragur devadattasya. It would not do to say that the meaning of the sixth case-ending has been included in that of the stem and so the first case-ending should come after the stem. It is only when the relation is subordinate to the related that it becomes part of the meaning of the stem. For instance, in 谤腻箩补辫耻谤耻峁, the relation for which the word 谤腻箩补苍 stands is subordinate to the meaning of the word 辫耻谤耻峁 which is predominant. So that relation becomes part of the meaning of the stem 谤腻箩补辫耻谤耻峁. That is not the case in 肠颈迟谤补驳耻岣�.]
How a 产补丑耻惫谤墨岣 becomes connected with a verb expressive of action is now stated.