Dear friends,

AN2.1.7 Ka.nhasutta

"Dveme, bhikkhave, dhammaa ka.nhaa. Katame dve? Ahirika~nca
anottappa~nca. Ime kho, bhikkhave, dve dhammaa ka.nhaa"ti. Sattama.m.

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Ka.nhasutta
evil / sutta
On Evil

"Dveme, bhikkhave, dhammaa ka.nhaa.
these two / monks / things / evil
"O monks, these two things (are) evil.

* dveme = dve ime: these two.
- dve (num) two.
- aya.m (pron) this.
* bhikkhu (m) monk.
* dhamma (m) thing.
* ka.nha (adj) dark, black, evil.

Katame dve?
which / two
Which two?

* katama (pron) which.

Ahirika~nca anottappa~nca.
unscrupulousness and / recklessness and
Unscrupulousness and recklessness.

* ahirika (adj) shameless, unscrupulous.
* ca (conj) and.
* anottappa (n) recklessness, hardness.

Ime kho, bhikkhave, dve dhammaa ka.nhaa"ti.
these / indeed / monks / two / things / evil
Indeed, O monks, these two things (are) evil."

* kho (indec) indeed.

Sattama.m.
seventh
The seventh.


metta,
Yong Peng.