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 3.7.36
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.7.36:
द्रव्याकारादिभेदेन ताश्चापरिमिता इव ।
दृश्यन्ते तत्त्वसायां तु षट् शक्तीर्नातिवर्तते ॥ ३६ ॥dravyākārādibhedena tāścāparimitā iva |
dṛśyante tattvasāyāṃ tu ṣaṭ śaktīrnātivartate || 36 ||36. These powers seem to be unlimited according to the shape etc. of objects. The truth about them is that it does not go beyond the number six.
Commentary
[The same power varies according to the thing in which it resides. For example, the power to cut varies according as it exists in a knife or a sword. And yet. speaking generally, it is of six kinds and no more.)