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...

This book contains Sanskrit text which you should never take for granted as transcription mistakes are always possible. Always confer with the final source and/or manuscript.

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 2.106:

अभिधानक्रियायोगाच्छब्देष्वविकृतेष्वपि ।
रूपमत्यन्तभेदेन तदेवैकं प्रकाशते ॥ १०६ ॥

abhidhānakriyāyogācchabdeṣvavikṛteṣvapi |
rūpamatyantabhedena tadevaikaṃ prakāśate || 106 ||

106. As a result of the mode of pronouncing it, the same word appears to be different though no change has taken place in it.

Commentary

[The word śvetaḥ, while remaining the same, appears to consist of śvā and itaḥ on account of a particular mode of pronunciation.]

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