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 3.14.591
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.14.591:
啶椸ぞ啶掂啶о啶曕 啶氞ぐ啷� 啶︵啶粪啶熰ぞ 啶椸啶掂た啶曕ぐ啷嵿い啶距啷嵿し啶掂ぞ啶く啷嬥 啷�
啶ざ啷� 啶班啶︵啶� 啶囙さ 啶灌啶啶むぞ啶掂た啶む啶啶曕さ啶氞え啶多啶班啶むた啶� 啷� 啷ク啷� 啷�g膩vedhuke carau d峁涐梗峁� govikart膩k峁v膩payo岣� |
pa艣奴 rudra iva hyet膩vityekavacana艣ruti岣� || 591 ||591. In connection with the offering (caru) consecrated with gavedhu grass, one sees the use of the singular number for the standard of comparison of the two objects of comparison, namely, govikarta and 补办峁惫腻辫补 in the sentence: 鈥渢hese two (killers of) animals are like Rudra.
Commentary
[Another analogy is now given from Vedic ritual. In the Veda, in regard to the offering consecrated with the grass called gavedhu, it has been stated that govikarta and 补办峁惫腻辫补 are like Rudra. Here two objects of comparison are connected with one standard of comparison, namely, Rudra. This also shows that one 耻辫补尘腻苍补 can serve many upameyas.]