Thanks for filling in Mahinda. Sorry I could not respond earlier, as I lost
my file
of a new translation of the Kukkuravatika Sutta (M 37), but now that I have
managed to undelete it, I can answer my mails.

A lot of helpful suggestions has been made by Mahinda, but
sneha+anvayam+iva+osadhaa is interesting. Firstly, it is a hapax legomenon,
a one-time occurrence in the text.

A possible translation is

like a medicinal herb (more potent) after (anvaaya) oil has been added to
it.

So we can perhaps out this into modern English:

Ye ca saddhammagaruno, viha.msu viharanti ca;
Te ve dhamme viruuhanti, snehaanvayamivosadhaa ti.

as

They who have lived revering the true Dharma, and continue living so,
Indeed, grow in the Dharma, like a medicinal herb [drug] (more potent) after
adding oil to it.

A bit free though, but hope this helps.

Metta,

Piya Tan

On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 9:48 AM, mahipaliha <mahipal6@...> wrote:

> --- In Pali@yahoogroups.com <Pali%40yahoogroups.com>, Branislav
> Kovacevic <ja_sam_branko@...>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > Dear All,
> >
> > I'm trying to translate Dutiyakodhagaru sutta (AN IV.44)
> > and have a problem with it's last word:
> > `Ye ca saddhammagaruno, viha.msu viharanti ca;
> > Te ve dhamme viruuhanti, snehaanvayamivosadhaa''ti.
> > I tried to cut this compound into understandable peaces, but
> with no success. Could somebody please help?
>
> I think the meaning is:
> Those who have lived and do live revering the good Dhamma - they
> indeed grow in dhamma, like plants following upon the rains.
>
> i.e. they grow in dhamma as plants thrive in the rainy season.
> sneha/sineha is oil, liquid or affection (the lubricant of
> relatonships). I guess it means rain in this context. anvayam is a
> nominal derivative from anveti :follows (as in tato na.m
> dukkhamanveti in the famous Dhammapada stanza). It is used
> adverbially here, The words in the final line are
> sneha+anvayam+iva+osadhaa. The last word is an alternate form of
> osadhi, which is frequently used in Vedic and Sanskrit in the sense
> of herbs/plants.
>
> Mahinda
>
>
>



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