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 3.14.292-293
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.14.292-293:
啶ㄠた啶班啶溹啶炧ぞ啶むじ啶距ぇ啶ㄠぞ啶оぞ啶班 啶い啷嵿ぐ啶距啷嵿く啶距い啷� 啶啶班く啷佮啷嵿く啶む 啷�
啶呧え啷囙 啶囙い啶� 啶ざ啷嵿啶距啷嵿 啶むた啶粪啶犩い啷�啶む啶え啷佮し啶溹啶い啷� 啷� 啷ㄠク啷� 啷�
啶膏ぞ啶о啶い啷嵿さ啶距い啷� 啶むい啷嵿ぐ 啶膏た啶︵啶о啶� 啶曕啶班た啶ぞ 啶︵啶班さ啷嵿く啷囙ぃ 啶侧啷嵿し啷嵿く啶む 啷�
啶啶班ぞ啶椸啶掂ぞ啶權啶椸啶曕啶む 啶︵啶班さ啷嵿く啶い啶� 啶啶班啶掂啶� 啶た啶︵啶い啷� 啷� 啷ㄠク啷� 啷�nirj帽膩tas膩dhan膩dh膩re yatr腻办丑测腻迟别 prayujyate |
aneka iti pa艣c膩cca ti峁ａ弓hat墨tyanu峁jyate || 292 ||
蝉腻诲丑测补迟惫腻迟 tatra siddhena kriy膩 dravye峁嘺 lak峁ate |
pr膩gev膩峁単墨k峁泃a峁� dravyamata岣� p奴rve峁嘺 bhidyate || 293 ||292. Where the negative compound 补苍别办补岣� is first mentioned in relation to an action (腻办丑测腻迟别) the substratum of the power of the accessory of which is known and then the verb 迟颈峁ａ弓丑补迟颈 is added.
293. There the action, being something to be accomplished (蝉腻诲丑测补迟惫腻迟) is brought to the mind by the substance which is an accomplished thing (siddhena dravye峁嘺). The substance is already mentioned and so the action is qualified by what is mentioned first.
Commentary
[The above two stanzas relate to what is said in M. Bh膩. I. p. 412, 1. 5-6. In the previous stanzas, those cases were considered where the actions are mentioned first and the negative compound next. Now those cases are considered where the negative compound comes first and then the verb, as. for instance, in anekas 迟颈峁ａ弓丑补迟颈. Here, for some reason or other, the substance which is the substratum of the power of the accessory is thought of as one, but this number is set aside as being unsuitable to the action still to be expressed. Then the verb expressive of the action is mentioned. As the substance mentioned first is for the sake of something else (that is, for the action), it brings to the mind a suitable action. Thus, it differs from the previous cases where the action brings the substance to the mind. Here also, as the setting aside of the number one is in relation to the accessory which is understood, one understands the latter without the number one. Thus, even though, as in the previous case, the verb is not mentioned first, the sentence does not stop merely at the setting aside of the number one, because there is the requirement of an action. Therefore, when the number one is set aside, an accessory having another number is understood.]
Now a reference is made to an illustration given in the M. Bh膩. of the negation of the number one leading to the understanding of other numbers.