yampicchaṃ na labhati tampi dukkhaṃ = not getting of what also is desired is also suffering/stress.
alternatively
   non attainment also of what is desired also is suffering /stress
 
Rajendra Jadhao
 
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at 11:16 PM
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Subject: [Pali] Question about "yampicchaṃ na labhati tampi dukkhaṃ"
 

Hello all,

I have been slowly going through the Dhamma­cakkap­pa­vat­ta­na­sutta. I am very much a beginner.

I have a question about the last item in the specific examples of dukkha:

    yampicchaṃ na labhati tampi dukkhaṃ

It seems to me that the present indicative verb, labhati, is functioning as a noun, where I would have expected an infinitive or a participle acting as gerund. Is this correct? Or am I not parsing the item correctly?

Thanks,

David.