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 3.12.18
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.12.18:
यस्यार्थस्य प्रसिद्ध्यर्थमारभ्यन्ते पचादयः ।
तत् प्रधानं फलं तेषां न लाभादि प्रयोजनम् ॥ १८ ॥yasyārthasya prasiddhyarthamārabhyante pacādayaḥ |
tat pradhānaṃ phalaṃ teṣāṃ na lābhādi prayojanam || 18 ||18. That fruit for the accomplishment of which actions like cooking are begun is their main fruit and not profit etc.
Commentary
[The author here explains the distinction between the main fruit and the incidental fruit of an action mentioned in the M. Bhā on P. 1.3.72. When the fruit of the action goes to the agent, it implies making of arrangements on his part. That is why the ātmanepada suffix is added to a root expressive of the idea of making arrangements. That fruit to attain which arrangements are made and the material collected is the main fruit as for example, heaven, in the case of the performance of a sacrificial rite. The honorarium or the wages that may be paid to agents employed by the one who makes the arrangements is only a secondary fruit. The one who makes arrangements may himself not do much but he gives many directions and as he has the main fruit in mind, it is he who sets the action in motion.]