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Who is friendly, devout, virtuous and not arrogant,
restrained and living his last life - him do I call a
Brahmin.
akkodhanaj vatavantaj
silavantaj anussadaj
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dantaj antima+sariraj
tam ahaj
brumi brahmanaj
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akkodhanaj: akkodhana-, Adj.: friendly, loving. It is the word kodhana-, Adj.: angry, negated by the negative prefix a-. Acc.Sg.m. = akkodhanaj.
vatavantaj: vatavant-, Adj.: devout, observing religious customs. It is the word vata-, N.m.: religious duty, custom, observance, practice; with the possessive suffix -vant. Acc.Sg.m. = vatavantaj.
silavantaj: silavant-, Adj.: virtuous. As a N.m.: virtuous person. It is the word sila-, N.n.: virtue, with a possessive suffix -vant. Acc.Sg.m. = silavantaj.
anussadaj: anussada-, Adj.: without arrogance. It is the word ussada-, N.m.: arrogance, haughtiness, negated by the negative prefix an-. Acc.Sg.m. = anussadaj.
dantaj: danta-, Adj.: restrained, tamed, controlled. It is a p.p. of the verb dam- (to restrain, to control, to tame). Acc.Sg.m. = dantaj.
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antimasariraj:
antimasarira-, Adj.: living his last
life, having a last body. It is a compound of:
antima-, Adj.: last, final.
sarira-,
N.n.: body, here: life.
Acc.Sg.m. = antimasariraj.
tam: tad-, Pron.: it. Masculine form: so-, he. Acc.Sg. = tam (him).
ahaj, Pron.: I. Nom.Sg. = ahaj.
brumi, V.: [I] say, proclaim. The verb root is bru-. 1.Sg.act.in.pres. = brumi.
brahmanaj: brahmana-, N.m.: Brahmin, a holy man. Acc.Sg. = brahmanaj.
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The subject is the pronoun ahaj
(I, nominative singular). The verb is brumi
([I] say, 1st person, singular, active, indicative, present
tense). The object is the noun brahmanaj
(Brahmin, accusative singular). It has seven attributes. First one is the
pronoun tam (him, accusative singular). The rest are: the adjectives
akkodhanaj (friendly, accusative singular),
vatavantaj (devout, accusative singular),
silavantaj
(virtuous, accusative singular), anussadaj
(not arrogant, accusative singular) and dantaj
(restrained, accusative singular) and the compound antimasariraj
(living his last life, accusative singular).
Venerable Sariputta
and some monks went for almsfood in Nalaka
village, where his family lived. His mother invited him and the monks into
her house. But while she was serving them food, she was very rude to Sariputta
and also to the rest of the monks, because she was not happy about him
becoming a monk. But Sariputta borne the scolding
patiently and without getting angry. Later the Buddha explained with this
verse, that Arahants never loose their temper.
Word pronunciation:
akkodhanaj
vatavantaj
silavantaj
anussadaj
dantaj
antimasariraj
antima
sariraj
tam
ahaj
brumi
brahmanaj