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 3.9.73
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.9.73:
त्वचिसारस्य वा वृद्धिं तृणसारस्य वा दधत् ।
तावद् तदूवृद्धियोगेन कालतत्त्वं विकल्पते ॥ ७३ ॥tvacisārasya vā vṛddhiṃ tṛṇasārasya vā dadhat |
tāvad tadūvṛddhiyogena kālatattvaṃ vikalpate || 73 ||73. By bringing about the growth of the bamboo (in a short time) and that of the palm (very slowly), Time, by association with such diversity, becomes diversified.
Commentary
[Bamboo attains maturity quickly while the palm tree takes a long time to do so. We can speak about bamboo growth time and palm growth time. In this way Time becomes diversified.]