Re: translation help

I would think bhavissāmi more likely...
On Jan 18, 2013 4:55 AM, "Jim Anderson" <jimanderson.on@...> wrote:

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> Dear List-members,
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> As list-owner, I occasionally get an email from a non-member requesting
> help
> with a Pali matter, often as a result of a referral by the Pali Text
> Society
> in response. Not sure if this is one of them. Anyway, someone by the name
> of
> Chris Hyde wants a Pali translation of the following:
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> "What I think, I become."
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> which I would translate as:
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> yaṃ cintemi, taṃ bhavāmi.
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> Does anyone have a problem with it or can you come up with something
> better?
> Can bhavāmi take an accusative taṃ?
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> The expression reminds me of the first two verses of the Dhammapada about
> the mind preceding mental phenomena (manopubbaṅgamā dhammā).
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> Best wishes to all in the New Year,
>
> Jim
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