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 2.150
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 2.150:
आहारप्रीत्यपद्वेषल्पवनादिक्रियासु कः ।
जात्यान्वयप्रसिद्धासु प्रयोक्ता मृगपक्षिणाम् ॥ १५० ॥āhāraprītyapadveṣalpavanādikriyāsu kaḥ |
jātyānvayaprasiddhāsu prayoktā mṛgapakṣiṇām || 150 ||150. Who goads beasts and birds on to actions like eating, loving, hating, swimming etc. associated with particular species and pedigrees?
Commentary
[Plavana can mean floating, swimming, jumping etc. which animals and birds do well instinctively.]