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 3.12.26
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.12.26:
शुद्धे तु संविधानार्थे कैश्चिदत्रेष्यते कृषिः ।
तद्धर्मा यजिरित्येवं न स्यात्तत्रात्मनेपदम् ॥ २६ ॥śuddhe tu saṃvidhānārthe kaiścidatreṣyate kṛṣiḥ |
taddharmā yajirityevaṃ na syāttatrātmanepadam || 26 ||26. Some think that the root kṛṣ denotes pure management or making arrangements. But then the root √yaj also would be in the same position and would not take ātmanepada.
Commentary
[Those who believe that the ātmanepada and the causative have the same scope hold that the root kṛṣ means only making arrangements for cultivation and so the ātmanepada is not added to the root as the causative is. It has been stated in the M. Bhā. that the root kṛṣ stands for many things and not for ploughing only. The ātmanepada comes after the root √kṛṣ when it stands for a meaning qualified by the making of arrangements and not for making arrangements only. It is true that the root means to plough, but it really expresses making arrangements for ploughing. If it is so then the root √yaj also would be like the root √kṛṣ and would not take ātmanepada. The root √yaj does not mean only the throwing of the oblation into the fire but for the relinquishing of ownership also (tyāga) as explained in the M. Bhā on P. 3.1.26. Therefore, there would be no ātmanepada after it.]
Why the ātmanepada does not come after the root √kṛṣ is now explained.