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 3.14.467
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.14.467:
啶む啶む啶ぞ啶ㄠ啶む 啶曕啶班た啶啶む啶啶むう啷� 啶掂た啶椸啶班す啷� 啶� 啶啶班く啷佮啷嵿く啶む 啷�
啶ぅ啶� 啶︵ぃ啷嵿ぁ啶� 啶啶班す啶班ぃ啶� 啶曕啶班啶∴ぞ啶ぞ啶た啶むた 啶︵啶多啶い啷� 啷� 啷ガ啷� 啷�t峁泃墨y膩nta峁� kriyetyetad vigrahe na prayujyate |
yath膩 诲补峁囜笉补岣� prahara峁嘺峁� 办谤墨岣嵞乱腻尘iti d峁浥泍ate || 467 ||467. In the explanatory sentence the word 办谤颈测腻 ending in the third case-affix is not used but in the other case, the words of 诲补峁囜笉补岣� 辫谤补丑补谤补峁嘺尘 and 办谤墨岣嵞乱腻尘 are seen.
Commentary
[In the explanatory sentence: br膩hma峁噀na tulyam 补诲丑墨迟别 k峁ttriya岣�, the word 办谤颈测补测腻 with its third case-ending is not used. The action (补诲丑墨迟别), mentioned as related to the object of comparison, is understood as related to the standard of comparison also. Otherwise, the relation, namely, 耻辫补尘腻苍辞辫补尘别测补产丑腻惫补, would not result. So this is not a case of change of the third case-ending into the first case-ending in the 蝉奴迟谤补 because the third case-ending is not found in the sentence at all.
All that has happened is that the 耻辫腻诲丑颈 (办谤颈测腻) is mentioned somehow in the 蝉奴迟谤补. In the sentence: 诲补峁囜笉补岣� 辫谤补丑补谤补峁嘺尘 asy膩峁� kr墨岣嵞亂膩峁�, on the other hand, the word 辫谤补丑补谤补峁嘺尘, expressive of the 耻辫腻诲丑颈, is actually used. Without it, one would not understand that the stick (诲补峁囜笉补岣�) is the implement in the game. The use of the word 辫谤补丑补谤补峁嘺尘 in P. 4.2.57. is, therefore, an imitation of it.]
A more appropriate illustration is now given.