Vakyapadiya Verse 1.46

Sanskrit

अरणिस्थं यथा ज्योतिः प्रकाशान्तरकारणम् । तद्वच्छब्दोऽपि बुद्धिस्थः श्रुतीनां कारणं पृथक् ॥ ४६ ॥

Transliteration

araṇisthaṃ yathā jyotiḥ prakāśāntarakāraṇam | tadvacchabdo’pi buddhisthaḥ śrutīnāṃ kāraṇaṃ pṛthak || 46 ||

Translation

46. Just as the fire which is within the churnsticks is the cause of the other fire (which is kindled), similarly, the word which is in the mind (of the speaker) becomes the cause of the different expressive words.

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