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 3.6.28
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.6.28:
नैकत्वं व्यवतिष्ठेत नानात्वं चेन्न कल्पयेत् ।
नानात्वं चावहीयेत यद्येकत्वं न कल्पयेत् ॥ २८ ॥naikatvaṃ vyavatiṣṭheta nānātvaṃ cenna kalpayet |
nānātvaṃ cāvahīyeta yadyekatvaṃ na kalpayet || 28 ||28. Unity cannot be explained if multiplicity is not conceived nor would multiplicity stand if unity is not conceived.
Commentary
[If plurality is not conceived, there would be no unity. If unity is not conceived, there would be no plurality. They are mutually dependent. The best thing then is to accept the worldly notion of Dik.]