Should one see an intelligent person, who speaks rebukingly,
who can see faults as if showing treasures, one should associate with such a wise one.
Associating with such people is better, not worse.

nidhīnaṃ va  pavattāraṃ  yaṃ         passe  vajja+dassinaṃ
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N.m.      part.    N.m.    Rel.Pron.    V.act.   N.n.  Adj.m.
Gen.Pl.     |      Acc.Sg.   Acc.Sg.   3.Sg.opt.   |     Acc.Sg.
|_________|______|            |                |         |______|
         |____|                       |                |                |
             |_______________|_________|_________|
                                        |                 |          |___________________________________I.
                                        |_________|_________________|
                                               |_____|
                                                    |____________________________________________II.

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niggayha+vādiṃ medhāviṃ tādisaṃ paṇḍitaṃ  bhaje
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Adj.       Adj.m.      N.m.     Adj.m.     N.m.     V.act.
|            Acc.Sg.    Acc.Sg.  Acc.Sg.   Acc.Sg. 3.Sg.opt.
|__________|             |             |________|           |
I.____|____________|                      |__________|
II.________________________________|

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tādisaṃ bhajamānassa seyyo      hoti       na   pāpiyo
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Adj.m.       Adj.m.      Adj.m.   V.act.in. neg.  Adj.m.
Acc.Sg.     Gen.Sg.    Nom.Sg. 3.Sg.pres. |     Nom.Sg.
|___________|                 |            |          |_____|
          |                           |_______|________|
          |_________________________|

nidhīnaṃ: nidhi-, N.m.: treasure. Gen.Pl. = nidhīnaṃ.

va, part.: as, like.

pavattāraṃ: pavattar-, N.m.: one who shows, one who tells about. It is derived fom the verb vac- (to say) with the prefix pa- (out). Acc.Sg. = pavattāraṃ.

yaṃ: yat-, Rel.Pron.: that, which. Acc.Sg.m.: yaṃ.

passe, V.: should see. The verb root is dis- (to see). 3.Sg.act.opt = passe.

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vajjadassinaṃ: vajjadassin-, N.m.: one who sees faults. It is a compound of:
    vajja-, N.n.: fault, what should be avoided.
    dassin-, Adj.: seeing. It is derived from the verb das- (to see) by adding the
    denominative suffix -in.
Acc.Sg. = vajjadassinaṃ.

niggayhavādiṃ: niggayhavādin-, N.m.: one who speaks rebukingly, censuring. It is a compound of:
    niggayha-, Adj.: what should be rebuked, censured. It is a grd. of the verb
    niggaṇhāti (to rebuke, to censure).
    vādin-, Adj.: speaking. It is derived from the verb root vad- (to say).
Acc.Sg. = niggayhavādiṃ.

medhāviṃ: medhāvin-, N.m.: intelligent person, wise one. Acc.Sg. = medhāviṃ.

tādisaṃ: tādisa-, Adj.: such. Acc.Sg.m. = tādisaṃ.

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paṇḍitaṃ: paṇḍita-, N.m.: wise man, learned man. Acc.Sg. = paṇḍitaṃ.

bhaje, V.: one should associate with. The verb root is bhaj- (to associate with). 3.Sg.act.opt. = bhaje.

tādisaṃ: see above.

bhajamānassa: bhajamāna-, Adj.: associating with. It is a med.pr.p. of the verb bhaj- (to associate with). Gen.Sg.m. = bhajamānassa.

seyyo: seyya-, Adj.: better. Nom.Sg.m. = seyyo.

hoti, V.: is. The verb root is bhū- (to be). 3.Sg.act.in.pres. = hoti.

na, neg.: not.

pāpiyo: pāpiya-, Adj.: worse. Nom.Sg.m. = pāpiyo.

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    This verse consists of two sentences. The first two lines form the first one and the second line contains the second one.
    The first sentence can be subdivided into two sentences.
    1) nidhīnaṃ va pavattāraṃ yaṃ passe vajjadassinaṃ niggayhavādiṃ medhāviṃ (should one see an intelligent person, who speaks rebukingly who can see faults as if showing treasures). The subject is omitted; any personal pronoun can be implied. The verb is passe (one should see, 3rd person, singular, active, optative). The main object is the relative pronoun yaṃ (whom, accusative singular). This object has three attributes: medhāviṃ (intelligent one, accusative singular), niggayhavādiṃ (speaking rebukingly, accusative singular) and vajjadassinaṃ (seeing faults, accusative singular). This last word has an attribute clause, nidhīnaṃ va pavattāraṃ (like showing treaures). Here the main attribute is pavattāraṃ (one who shows, accusative singular). It has the noun nidhīnaṃ (of treasures, genitive plural) as an attribute. The particle va (like) connects the clause to the word vajjadassinaṃ.
    2) tādisaṃ paṇḍitaṃ bhaje (one should associate with such a wise one). Again, the subject is omitted. The verb is bhaje (one should associate, 3rd person, singular, active, optative). The object is paṇḍitaṃ (wise one, accusative singular) with its attribute, the adjective tādisaṃ (such, accusative singular).
    In the second sentence, the subject is the adjective seyyo (better, nominative singular). The noun pāpiyo (worse, nominative singular), negated by the negative particle na (not), forms an attribute to the subject. The verb is hoti (is, 3rd person, singular, active, indicative, present tense). The object is the medium present participle bhajamānassa (of the one who associates, genitive singular) with the adjective tādisaṃ (such, accusative singular) as an attribute.

    A poor old man named Rādha was staying in the monastery doing manual work, like sweeping, cutting the grass etc. He wanted to become a monk, but the elders were not willing to admit him.
    One day the Buddha saw that Rādha had a potential to become an arahant, so he called the monks and asked them if any of them recollects a good deed done by Rādha. Venerable Sāriputta said that Rādha once offered him some rice. The Buddha then asked if it wasn't proper to repay the kindness by accepting the man into the Order and show him the way out of suffering. So Rādha became a monk under Venerable Sāriputta. He strictly followed Sāriputta's guidance and in a very short time he attained arahantship.
    When the Buddha heard about this he explained by this verse that a monk should always be attentive to guidance by his betters and not resent rebukes for his faults.

Sentence pronunciation

Word pronunciation:

nidhīnaṃ
va
pavattāraṃ
yaṃ
passe
vajjadassinaṃ
vajja
dassinaṃ
niggayhavādiṃ
niggayha
vādiṃ
medhāviṃ
tādisaṃ
paṇḍitaṃ
bhaje
bhajamānassa
seyyo
hoti
na
pāpiyo