Exercise 3 p18
Translate into English pointing out the sandhis
1.Manussaa aayukkhayena kammakkhayena pu~n~nakkhayena ca maranti.
people / [because of] life-span exhaustion / [because of] deeds
exhaustion / [because of] merit exhaustion/ and / die
People die because of the exhaustion of their life-span, their deeds
and their merit.
2.Sumedha-taapaso pa.thamajjhaana.m dutiyajjhaana~n ca nibbattesi.
hermit sumedha / first absorption state / second absorption state/
produced
The hermit Sumedha makes effort to get the first and second
absorption state.
Sandhis:
pa.thamajjhaana.m = pa.thama + jhaana.m
dutiyajjhaana~n ca = dutiyajjhaana.m + ca
3.Nimmalassa siilassa paalana.m mahapphala.m mahaanisa.msa.m hoti.
[of] pure / [of] morality / observation / bringing great results /
greatly beneficial / is
The observation of pure morality brings great results and is greatly
beneficial.
4."Pemato jaayatii soko
Pemato jaayatii bhaya.m
Pemato vippamuttassa
Natthi soko; kuto bhaya.m?" Dhp. 213.
[from] love / is born / sorrow
[from] love / is born / fear
[from] love / released
is no / sorrow / whence / fear
Sorrow arises from love. Fear arises from love.
One who is released from love has no grief, so whence fear?
5.Bhagavataa ta.nhakkhayaaya dhammo desito hoti.
[by] Exalted One / [for] destruction of craving / dhamma / taught / is
The Dhamma is taught by the Exalted One for the destruction of
craving.
Sandhis:
ta.nhakkhayaaya= ta.nhaa + khayaaya
6."[Kathañca], Visaakhe, upakkili.t.thassa kaayassa upakkamena
pariyodapanaa hoti." A. i, 208 [A'nguttaranikaayo, Tikanipaatapaa.li,
Dutiyapa.n.naasaka.m, Mahaavaggo, 10. Uposathasutta.m, §71]
[of] dirty / Visaakha / [of] body / [by] means / purification / is
Vis±kha , the dirty body is purified by some means.
7."Yo ca tula.m' va paggayha
Varam aadaaya pa.n.dito
Paapaani parivajjeti,
Sa munii, tena so muni." Dhp. 268 & 269.
who / and / scale / like / having held
noble / having taken / wise man
evil / avoids
he / wise man / [because] it / he / wise man
One who takes only what is noble, as if holding a scale, is a wise man
The sage who avoids evil, is called a sage because of that.
Sandhis:
tula.m' va= tula.m + iva
sa munii = so + muni
8."Na hi verena veraani
Sammantii' dha kudaacana.m,
Averena ca sammanti
Esa dhammo sanantano." Dhp. 5.
not / indeed / [by] hatred / hatred
appease / here / at any time
non-hatred / appease
this / truth / eternal
Hatred is indeed never appeased by hatred
It is appeased by non-hatred, this truth is eternal
Sandhis:
Sammantii' dha = samanti + idha
esa dhammo = eso + dhammo
9.Adhiraajaa Dhammaasoko Devaanampiyatissassa La'nkissarassa bahuu
pa.n.naakaare pesetvaa puna pi rajjaabhiseka.m kaaresi.
great king / dhammaasoko / [to] Devaanampiyatissa / ruler of Sri
Lanka / many / presents / having sent / presents / again / and also /
coronation of a king / made
The Great King Dhammaasoko sent many presents to Devaanampiyatissa
ruler of Sri Lanka and coronated him again.
Sandhis:
Dhammaasoko = dhammo + asoko
puna pi = puna + api
La'nka + issara = La'nkissarassa
10."Yamhi jhaana~n ca pa~n~naa ca
Sa ve nibbaa.na-santike." Dhp. 372.
[in] who / concentration / and / wisdom
he / indeed / nibbana / close
The one who has concentration and wisdom is indeed close to Nibbaa.na.
Sandhis:
sa ve = so + ve
11."Sabbe sa'nkhaaraa aniccaa'ti
Yadaa pa~n~~naaya passati,
Atha nibbindatii dukkhe;
Esa maggo visuddhiyaa." Dhp. 277.
all / conditioned things / impermanent
when / [with] wisdom / sees
then / is disgusted / [in] suffering
this / path / [of] purification
Everything is impermanent
When one sees it with wisdom
Then one becomes disgusted with suffering
This is the path of purification.