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 3.7.40-41
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.7.40-41:
यत् पृथक्त्वमसंदिग्धं तदेकत्वान्न भिद्यते ।
यदेकत्वमसंदिग्धं तत् पृथक्त्वान्न भिद्यते ॥ ४० ॥
द्यौः क्षमा वायुरादित्यः सागराः सरितो दिशः ।
अन्तः करणतत्त्वस्य भागा बहिरवस्थिताः ॥ ४१ ॥yat pṛthaktvamasaṃdigdhaṃ tadekatvānna bhidyate |
yadekatvamasaṃdigdhaṃ tat pṛthaktvānna bhidyate || 40 ||
dyauḥ kṣamā vāyurādityaḥ sāgarāḥ sarito diśaḥ |
antaḥ karaṇatattvasya bhāgā bahiravasthitāḥ || 41 ||40. Difference, clearly conceived, is not apart from Unity and unity (identity), clearly conceived, is not different from difference.
41. Heaven (space), Earth, Air, Sun, Oceans, Rivers, Positions (Directions) are all parts of an inner Reality, manifested externally.
Commentary
[When unity or identity reaches its climax, one comes to the Ultimate which it is that manifests itself as the different things of the Universe. The whole universe is an external manifestation of an inner Reality. Really speaking, even the distinction between internal and external does not exist. An inner Reality, of the nature of Consciousness, called Śabdatattva-brahman, shines now as this and now as that. This is the meaning of the verse.]
After having stated that it is the One Reality which manifests itself as the great Elements (Mahābhūta) and the Directions (Dik), it is now stated that it manifests itself as Time also.