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 3.9.3
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.9.3:
उत्पतौ च स्थितौ चैव विनाशे चापि तद्वताम् ।
निमित्तं कालमेवाहुर्विभक्तेनात्मना स्थितम् ॥ ३ ॥utpatau ca sthitau caiva vināśe cāpi tadvatām |
nimittaṃ kālamevāhurvibhaktenātmanā sthitam || 3 ||3. It is Time, differentiated (though one) which has been declared to be the cause of the origin, existence and destruction of objects which go through these states.
Commentary
[Time is the cause of the birth, existence and decay of everything, according to its own nature. Some things are born in Spring, others in autumn, and others in the rainy season. The same thing can be said about existence and death.]