भाविनामार्थरूपं तद् बीजं शब्दौघशाखिनः । पदवाक्यप्रमाणाख्यं वेदवृन्दं विकासितम् ॥ १४ ॥
bhāvināmārtharūpaṁ tad bījaṁ śabdaughaśākhinaḥ | padavākyapramāṇākhyaṁ vēdavṛndaṁ vikāsitam || 14 ||
Translation
That is the seed, in the form of names and meanings to come, of the tree of the mass of words: unfolded, it is the multitude of the Vedas, called word, sentence and means of knowledge.
Word by word
- bhāvi
- to come
- nāma
- of names
- artha
- and meanings
- rūpaṁ
- in the form
- tad
- (tat) that
- bījaṁ
- the seed
- śabda
- of words
- ōgha
- of the mass
- śākhinaḥ
- of the tree
- pada
- word
- vākya
- sentence
- pramāṇa
- means of knowledge
- ākhyaṁ
- called
- vēda
- of the Vedas
- vṛndaṁ
- the multitude
- vikāsitam
- unfolded
Meaning
The commentary: the sound-element is the material of all words, the Vedas first. That sound-element, the seed of the tree that is the mass of words, the meaning of names to come, when it has unfolded is the body of the Vedas, called word, sentence and means of knowledge (pramāṇa). Another commentary agrees. The Vedas are the first fruit of the sound-element: language at its fullest, the words through which the world will afterwards be named and known.