2025-02-19
Exercise
| cultivates; develops; lit. causes to become | bhāveti, causative of bhavati |
| Develop it! (imperative) | |
| It should be developed. (future passive participle) | |
| he/she developed it (aorist) | |
| developed (past participle) | |
| un-/not developed (past participle) | |
| it is right (to) | vaṭṭati (+inf) |
| it is right to develop it (infinive) |
Āyudo balado dhīro...
(SC, DPR, SSP) AN 5.37 Bhojanasutta
"Bhojanaṁ, bhikkhave, dadamāno dāyako paṭiggāhakānaṁ pañca ṭhānāni deti.
Katamāni pañca? Āyuṁ deti, vaṇṇaṁ deti, sukhaṁ deti, balaṁ deti, paṭibhānaṁ deti.
Āyuṁ kho pana datvā āyussa bhāgī hoti dibbassa vā mānusassa vā;
vaṇṇaṁ datvā ... sukhaṁ datvā ... balaṁ datvā ... paṭibhānaṁ datvā ...
Bhojanaṁ, bhikkhave, dadamāno dāyako paṭiggāhakānaṁ imāni pañca ṭhānāni detī'ti.
| bhojana (nt.) | food; meal; lit. eating; from bhuñjati |
| dāyaka (m.) | giver; donor; sponsor |
| deti (+acc & +dat) | gives (to); donates (to); offers (to) |
| dadāti (+acc & +dat) | gives; offers; donates (sth to sb) |
| dadamāna (prp.) | giving; offering; bestowing (prp. of dadāti) |
| paṭiggāhaka (m.) | receiver; recipient; lit. who takes |
| ṭhāna (nt.) | thing; fact; item; subject; lit. standing |
| paṭibhāna (nt.) | understanding; intelligence; lit. speaking back |
| bhāgī (m.) | shareholder; who shares (in); who partakes (in) |
| dibba (adj.) | divine; heavenly; celestial |
Āyudo balado dhīro, / vaṇṇado paṭibhānado;
Sukhassa dātā medhāvī, / sukhaṁ so adhigacchati.
Āyuṁ datvā balaṁ vaṇṇaṁ, / sukhañca paṭibhānakaṁ;
Dīghāyu yasavā hoti, / yattha yatthūpapajjatī'ti.
| dhīra (m.) | wise man; sage; intelligent person |
| medhāvī (m.) | intelligent man; wise man; who has good judgment |
| adhigacchati | gets to; attains; finds; acquires; obtains |
| yasavant (adj.) | famous; renowned |
| upapajjati | is reborn (in); re-arises (in); lit. goes towards |
Dhp 174 Commentary: The Weaver's Daughter (Part 1)
Andhabhūto ayaṁ loko, / tanuk'ettha vipassati;
Sakuṇo jālamuttova, / appo saggāya gacchati.
| andhabhūta (adj.) | blind; ignorant; lit. become blind [andha + bhūta] |
| tanuka (adj.) | small; few; lit. thin |
| sakuṇa (m.) | bird |
| jāla (nt.) | net; snare; entanglement |
| mutta (pp. +abl) | released (from); freed (from); liberated (from) |
| appa | few; not many; not much |
| sagga (m.) | heaven; paradise |
(DPR, SSP) Dhp 174 Commentary: Pesakāradhītāvatthu
Andhabhūto'ti imaṁ dhammadesanaṁ satthā aggāḷave cetiye viharanto ekaṁ pesakāradhītaraṁ
ārabbha kathesi. Ekadivasañhi āḷavivāsino satthari āḷaviṁ sampatte nimantetvā dānaṁ adaṁsu.
| pesakāra (m.) | weaver; embroiderer |
| dhītar (f.) | daughter |
| sampatta (pp.) | reached; arrived; is here |
| nimanteti | invites (to); calls (to) |
| adaṁsu (aor.) | they gave; they offered; aor 3rd pl of adāsi |
Satthā bhattakiccāvasāne anumodanaṁ karonto 'Addhuvaṁ me jīvitaṁ,
dhuvaṁ me maraṇaṁ, avassaṁ mayā maritabbameva, maraṇapariyosānaṁ me jīvitaṁ,
jīvitameva aniyataṁ, maraṇaṁ niyatanti evaṁ maraṇassatiṁ bhāvetha.
Yesañhi maraṇassati abhāvitā, te pacchime kāle āsīvisaṁ disvā bhīta'adaṇḍa'puriso viya
santāsa'ppattā bherava'ravaṁ ravantā kālaṁ karonti.
| bhattakicca (nt.) | eating a meal; taking food; lit. food duty |
| avasāna (nt.) | ending; finishing; concluding |
| dhuva (adj.) | certain; sure |
| avassaṁ (ind.) | inevitably; certainly; without doubt; without fail |
| pariyosāna (adj.) | ending with; concluding with; culminating in |
| āsīvisa (m.) | poisonous snake; lit. poison fang [āsī + visa] |
| bhīta (pp.) | afraid (of); terrified (of); pp. of bhāyati |
| bherava (adj.) | frightful; terrifying |
| rava (m.) | animal noise; cry; howl; shriek |
Yesaṁ pana maraṇassati bhāvitā, te dūratova āsīvisaṁ disvā daṇḍakena gahetvā chaḍḍetvā
ṭhitapuriso viya pacchime kāle na santasanti, tasmā maraṇassati bhāvetabbā'ti āha.
Taṁ dhammadesanaṁ sutvā avasesajanā sakicca'ppasutā'va ahesuṁ.
| dūrato (ind.) | from far away; from afar; [√dū + ra + to] |
| gaṇhāti (+acc) | grabs hold (of); seizes; takes |
| chaḍḍeti (+acc) | throws away; discards; drops; tosses aside |
| santasati (+gen) | is terrified (of); is frightened (of); is disturbed (by) |
| avasesa (adj.) | remaining; rest of |
| pasuta (pp.) | engaged (in); engrossed (by); occupied (with) |
Ekā pana soḷasavassuddesikā pesakāradhītā 'aho buddhānaṁ kathā nāma acchariyā,
mayā pana maraṇassatiṁ bhāvetuṁ vaṭṭatī'ti rattindivaṁ maraṇassatimeva bhāvesi.
Satthāpi tato nikkhamitvā jetavanaṁ agamāsi.
Sāpi kumārikā tīṇi vassāni maraṇassatiṁ bhāvesiyeva.
| acchariya (adj.) | wonderful; marvellous |
| vaṭṭati (+inf) | it is suitable (to); it is right (to) |