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 3.14.167
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.14.167:
निमित्तमाश्रयत्वेन गृह्येत यदि साधनम् ।
कर्मापदिष्टयोः प्राप्तिस्तत्र स्याल्लिङ्गसंख्ययोः ॥ १६७ ॥nimittamāśrayatvena gṛhyeta yadi sādhanam |
karmāpadiṣṭayoḥ prāptistatra syālliṅgasaṃkhyayoḥ || 167 ||167. If a mere occasion (nimitta) is looked upon as the substratum, then gender and number based upon the karma would come in.
Commentary
[If by substratum, a mere occasion is also meant, then the karma is also the occasion of the act of surpassing. Nobody can surpass if there is nothing to be surpassed. Therefore, here the dual number, based upon both the agent and the object, would have to be used. That is the basis of the objection referred to in the Bhāṣya.]
So far, extension of gender and number taught in P. 1.2.51. has been considered and in connection with that, the Bhāṣya on P. 5.3.55 has also been considered. Now in the same connection and following again the reverse order of the topics enumerated in stanza 158, the vārttikas and the Bhāṣya on P. 4. 1.3. are going to be considered.