Vakyapadiya Verse 1.55

Sanskrit

ग्राह्यत्वं ग्राहकत्वं च द्वे शक्ती तेजसो यथा । तथैव सर्वशब्दानामेते पृथगवस्थिते ॥ ५५ ॥

Transliteration

grāhyatvaṃ grāhakatvaṃ ca dve śaktī tejaso yathā | tathaiva sarvaśabdānāmete pṛthagavasthite || 55 ||

Translation

55. Just as light has two powers, that of being revealed and that of being the revealer, similarly, all words have two distinct powers.

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