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 3.14.325
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.14.325:
अचेतनेषु संक्रान्तं चैतन्यमिव दृश्यते ।
प्रतिबिम्बकधर्मेण यत्तच्छब्दनिबन्धनम् ॥ ३२५ ॥acetaneṣu saṃkrāntaṃ caitanyamiva dṛśyate |
pratibimbakadharmeṇa yattacchabdanibandhanam || 325 ||325. That which is projected on the insentient forms of the Intellect as a reflection, it is that which is the basis of the use of words.
Commentary
[The Intellect, because of the predominance of its sattva, has a certain transparency and so the light of the Self is reflected on it when the object is also mirrored on it. It is such a reflection which comes within the range of words. That is how it seems to have gender. The pure consciousness does not come within the range of verbal usage.]