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 3.7.28
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.7.28:
सर्वत्र सहजा शक्तिर्यावद्द्रव्यमस्थिता ।
क्रियाकाले त्वभिव्यक्तेराश्रयादुपरकारिणी ॥ २८ ॥sarvatra sahajā śaktiryāvaddravyamasthitā |
kriyākāle tvabhivyakterāśrayāduparakāriṇī || 28 ||28. Power is inborn and lasts as long as the object itself. As it is manifested at the time of action, it is useful (to the latter).
Commentary
Now that the difference between kāraka, hetu, lakṣaṇa and tādarthya has been stated, consideration of kāraka is continued.
[Read verse 28 above]
[Things which have the requisite power come into existence out of their causes. Power is not something which is added to them after they come into existence. The power exists in the object. It cannot exist without a substratum. The power of an object is manifested when it is about to produce its effect. It is then that it is called the means (sādhana).]