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 3.8.28
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.8.28:
पूर्वभागस्तु यज्जातात् तज्जन्म व्यपदिश्यते ।
आश्रितक्रमरूपेण निमित्तत्वे विवक्षिते ॥ २८ ॥pūrvabhāgastu yajjātāt tajjanma vyapadiśyate |
āśritakramarūpeṇa nimittatve vivakṣite || 28 ||28. The state preceding what is already born is called birth, if its causes are meant to be expressed as having sequence.
Commentary
[A thing which has attained its full and final form is said to have been born. The stage previous to this is called birth. It is a process and is expressed by the word jāyate. When this word is used, it is implied that the accessories are active.]