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 2.136
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 2.136:
एकस्मिन्नपि दृश्येऽर्थे दर्शनं भिद्यते पृथक् ।
कालान्तरेण चैकोऽपि तं पश्यत्यन्यथा पुनः ॥ १३६ ॥ekasminnapi dṛśye'rthe darśanaṃ bhidyate pṛthak |
kālāntareṇa caiko'pi taṃ paśyatyanyathā punaḥ || 136 ||136. With regard to the same thing, one’s views undergo change. The same person sees the same thing differently at different times.
Commentary
[Puṇyarāja attributes the difference to the study, by the same person, of different śāstras at different times.]