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the V in about forty-two cases: 1.73, 94, 104, 108-109, 137; 2.19-22, 41-42, 49, 60–61, 66, 183—184, 256, 261262, 269, 285-286, 315— 316, 328–329, 331, 350—352, 360, 395, 409, 415, 438, 440-441, 445446, 455, 459, 461-463, 473. Moreover, the relevance, background, role in a particular context (say, as analogy or example), and serving as the starting point of a new topic would never be known exactly, if the V were not available to guide us, in the case of at least 25 kārikās: 1.28, 63–64, 76, 78–80, 84; 2.15–16, 41, 59, 64, 70, 76–87, 164—165, 197—198, 205, 239, 272, 298—299, 304–313, 353, 372, 417. It is the responsibility of those who hold that the available V is not an integral part of the Vākyapadiya, to demonstrate that each and every verse mentioned above can be interpreted satisfactorily without the aid of the V or of any commentary following the V. In my opinion, the kārikās obviously need supplementation to be understood properly and hence clearly evince the author's plan to write a gloss on them 31. As the present V accomplishes the desired supplementation and as it is unanimously held to be an integral part of the Vākyapadiya in a continuous, old, and impressively documented tradition, it must be the gloss written by Bhartphari. To say that the original gloss of Bharthari was lost and a new one written by some later author took its place is unwarranted, is not borne out by any reliable piece of evidence, and amounts to nothing but a desparate attempt to seek refuge in the subterfuge of a remote possibility.
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31 In a future article, I shall consider the verses of the third kända from this point of view.
