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 3.14.610
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.14.610:
啶膏啶ㄠた啶ぞ啶む 啶むく啷嬥ぐ啷嵿く啶距え啷嵿く啶� 啶曕啶班た啶ぞ 啶むい啷嵿ぐ啷嬥お啶溹ぞ啶い啷� 啷�
啶掂ぇ啶距う啶苦ぐ啷佮お啶啶啶洁ぐ啷嵿ぅ啷� 啶むく啶� 啶涏さ啶苦ぇ啶苦ぐ啶苦し啷嵿く啶む 啷� 啷ェ啷� 啷�sa峁僴ip膩te tayory膩ny膩 kriy膩 tatropaj膩yate |
vadh膩dirupameye'rthe tay膩 chavidhiri峁ate || 610 ||610. The suffix cha is intended to express that other action like murder etc. which is produced as the object of comparison when the two come in contact.
Commentary
[The meaning of iva which is expressed by the suffix cha is now explained. When the crow and the 迟腻濒补 tree come in contact, some other event results, namely killing or breaking of limbs, cracking of bones or whatever else one might choose to say. With that event is compared the murder of Caitra by the bandit. In the second meaning of iva involving the relation of 耻辫补尘腻苍补 and upameya, the suffix cha is taught.]