DaveK,

I think this is what you are looking for:

http://dharmafarer.googlepages.com/Dh_97_Religious_language_sd_10.6_piy.pdf

With metta,

Piya Tan

On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 1:17 AM, dkotschessa <dkotschessa@...> wrote:
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> Could somebody explain to me the series of puns that are said to be
> in this verse of the Dhammapada?
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> Assaddho akatannuu ca, sandhicchedo ca yo naro;
> hataavakaaso vantaaso, sa ve uttamaporiso.
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> Acharya Buddharakkhita's translation is without the puns:
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> The man who is without blind faith, who knows the Uncreated, who has
> severed all links, destroyed all causes (for karma, good and evil),
> and thrown out all desires — he, truly, is the most excellent of
> men.
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> With a footnote:
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> In the Pali this verse presents a series of puns, and if
> the "underside" of each pun were to be translated, the verse would
> read thus: "The man who is faithless, ungrateful, a burglar, who
> destroys opportunities and eats vomit — he truly is the most
> excellent of men."
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> Thanissaro Bhikkhu's translations includes the puns, side by side:
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> The man
> faithless / beyond conviction
> ungrateful / knowing the Unmade
> a burglar / who has severed connections
> who's destroyed
> his chances / conditions
> who eats vomit: / has disgorged expectations:
> the ultimate person.
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> Even with the explanations I find myself pretty bewildered!
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> -DaveK
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