Vakyapadiya Verse 1.103

Sanskrit

अल्पे महति वा शब्दे स्फोटकालो न भिद्यते । परस्तु शब्दसन्तानः प्रचयापचयात्मकः ॥ १०३ ॥

Transliteration

alpe mahati vā śabde sphoṭakālo na bhidyate | parastu śabdasantānaḥ pracayāpacayātmakaḥ || 103 ||

Translation

103. Whether the sound in question is short or long, the time of the sphoṭa is invariable. The series of sounds which follows is susceptible of greater or lesser duration.1

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