Gatha | Sentence Translation | Sentence Structure |
Vocabulary&Grammar | Commentary | Pronunciation |
Having entered upon this path, you will make an end of
suffering.
Having realized how to remove the arrow, I taught this
path to you.
etaj
hi tumhe patipanna
dukkhassa antaj karissatha
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akkhato
vo maya
maggo abbaya salla+santhanaj
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etaj: etad-, Pron.: this. Acc.Sg.n. = etaj.
hi, part.: indeed.
tumhe: tvam-, Pron.: you. Voc.Pl. = tumhe.
patipanna: patipanna-, Adj.: entered upon, following, gone along. It is a p.p. of the verb root pad- (to go) with the prefix pati- (along, on). Nom.Pl.m. = patipanna.
dukkhassa: dukkha-, N.m.: suffering. Gen.Sg. = dukkhassa.
antaj: anta-,
N.n.: end. Acc.Sg. = antaj.
Euphonic combination: dukkhassa+ antaj
= dukkhassantaj.
karissatha, V.: you will do. The verb root is kar- (to do). 2.Pl.act.fut. = karissatha.
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akkhato: akkhata-, Adj.: taught, proclaimed. It is a p.p. of the verb root kkha- (to say, to tell) with the prefix a- (towards). Nom.Sg.m. = akkhato.
vo: vayam-, Pron.: you. Acc.Pl. = vo (to you).
maya: aham-, Pron.: I. Ins.Sg. = maya (by me).
maggo: magga-, N.m.: road, path. Nom.Sg. = maggo.
abbaya, V.ger: having found, having realized, having known. The verb root is ba- (to know) with the prefix a- (towards).
sallasanthanaj: sallasanthana-,
N.n.: removal of the arrow (suffering). It is a compound of:
salla-, N.n.: arrow, dart.
santhana-, N.n.: appeasing.
It is derived from the verb root sam- (to appease, to calm).
Acc.Sg. = sallasanthanaj.
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This verse consists of two syntactically
separate sentences. They are:
1) etaj
hi tumhe patipanna
dukkhassantaj karissatha (having entered
upon this path, you will make an end of suffering). The subject is the
pronoun tumhe (you, vocative plural). It has an attribute, the past
participle patipanna
(having entered upon, nominative plural). This word has the pronoun etaj
(this, accusative singular) as its attribute. It is stressed by the particle
hi (indeed, just). The verb is karissatha (you will do, 2nd
person, singular, active, future). The object is the noun antaj
(end, accusative singular). It has an attribute, the noun dukkhassa
(of suffering, genitive singular).
2) akkhato
vo maya maggo abbaya
sallasanthanaj (having realized how to
remove the arrow, I taught this path to you). The subject is the noun maggo
(path, nominative singular). It has an attribute, the pronoun maya
(by me, instrumental singular). There is a clause dependent on this word:
abbaya sallasanthanaj
(having realized how to remove the arrow). Here the verb is in gerund,
abbaya (having realized). The object
is the compound sallasanthanaj (removal
of arrow, accusative singular). The subject of the sentence has another
attribute, the pronoun vo (to you, accusative plural). The verb
is omitted, implying the verb "to be". The object is the past participle
akkhato (taught, nominative singular).
The story for this verse is identical
with the one for the previous verses (DhP 273, DhP 274) and the following
one (DhP 276).
The Buddha taught the teaching that
he personally discovered. He taught from his own experience. He found out
how to "remove the arrow", or how to end the suffering. He then proclaimed
this path for everyone to follow. By doing so, we are able to do what the
Buddha did - to put an end to suffering forever.
Word pronunciation:
etaj
hi
tumhe
patipanna
dukkhassa
antaj
karissatha
akkhato
vo
maya
maggo
abbaya
sallasanthanaj
salla
santhanaj