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 3.8.33
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.8.33:
व्यापि सौक्ष्म्यं क्वचिद् याति क्वचित् संहन्यते पुनः ।
अकुर्वाणोऽथवा किञ्चित् स्वशक्त्यैवं प्रकाशते ॥ ३३ ॥vyāpi saukṣmyaṃ kvacid yāti kvacit saṃhanyate punaḥ |
akurvāṇo'thavā kiñcit svaśaktyaivaṃ prakāśate || 33 ||33. The all-pervading matter attains subtlety (saukṣmya) in some place and time and solidifies at others. Without doing any thing, it manifests itself thus by its own inner power.
Commentary
Birth and destruction are now explained differently.
[Read verse 33 above]
[The all-pervading primordial matter (pradhāna) attains a subtle state in some place at sometime. It is then imperceptible. This state is called tirobhāva = disappearance, hiding and it can be expressed by the noun nāśa or by the verb naśyati. At another time and in another place, this stuff becomes solidified and perceptible. This is called āvirbhāva = manifestation. These two states of pradhāna are due to its constituent called rajas which is ever active and is the basis of all action. Thus the six transformations of Being according to the author of the Nirukta have been explained.]
Another view is now stated.