Who in this world conquers this miserable thirst that is difficult to overcome,
sorrows fall down from him, like a drop of water from a lotus.

yo                ca     etaṃ      sahate    jammiṃ taṇhaṃ    loke duraccayaṃ
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sokā       tamhā   papatanti uda+bindu    va pokkharā
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yo: yad-, Rel.Pron.: that which. Nom.Sg.m. = yo.

ca, conj.: and.

etaṃ: etad-, Pron.: this. Neuter: etaṃ. Nom.Sg. = etaṃ.
Euphonic combination: ca + etaṃ = cetaṃ.

sahate, V.: overcomes, conquers, defeats. The verb root is sah- (to conquer).
3.Sg.med.in.pres. = sahate.

jammiṃ: jamma-, Adj.: miserable, wretched, contemptible. Acc.Sg.f. = jammiṃ.

taṇhaṃ: taṇhā-, N.f.: thirst, craving. Acc.Sg. = taṇhaṃ.

loke: loka-, N.m.: world. Loc.Sg. = loke.

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duraccayaṃ: duraccaya-, Adj.: difficult to overcome. It is derived from the verb root i- (to go) with the prefixes dur- (difficult, bad) and ati- (over). Acc.Sg.f. = duraccayaṃ.

sokā: soka-, N.m.: grief, sorrow. Nom.Pl. = sokā.

tamhā: tad-, Pron.: that. Abl.Sg.m. = tamhā.

papatanti, V.: fall off, fall down. The verb root is pat- (to fall) with the strengthening prefix pa-. 3.Pl.act.in.pres. = papatanti.

udabindu: udabindu-, N.m.: drop of water. It is a compound of:
    uda-, N.n.: water.
    bindu-, N.m.: drop.
Nom.Sg. = udabindu.

va, part.: as, like.

pokkharā: pokkhara-, N.n.: lotus. Abl.Sg. = pokkharā.

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    This verse consists of two syntactically related sentences. They are:
    1) yo cetaṃ sahate jammiṃ taṇhaṃ loke duraccayaṃ (who in this world conquers this miserable thirst that is difficult to overcome). The subject is the relative pronoun yo (who, nominative singular). The verb is sahate (conquers, 3^rd person, singular, medium, indicative, present tense). It has an attribute, the noun loke (in this world, locative singular). The object is the noun taṇhaṃ (thirst, accusative singular). It has three attributes, the adjectives jammiṃ (miserable, accusative singular) and duraccayaṃ (difficult to overcome, accusative singular) and the pronoun etaṃ (this, accusative singular). The conjunction ca (and) serves mainly for metrical purposes.
    2) sokā tamhā papatanti udabindu va pokkharā (sorrows fall down from him, like a drop of water from a lotus). This can be further analysed into the main sentence a) and the dependent clause b):
    a) sokā tamhā papatanti (sorrows fall down from him). The subject is the noun sokā (sorrows, nominative plural). The verb is papatanti (fall down, 3^rd person, plural, active, indicative, present tense). It has an attribute, the pronoun tamhā (from him, ablative plural).
    b) udabindu va pokkharā (like a drop of water from a lotus). The subject is the noun udabindu (water-drop, nominative singular). The verb is omitted, implying the verb papatanti from the main sentence. It has an attribute, the noun pokkharā (from a lotus, ablative singular). The particle va (like) connects the clause to the main sentence.

    The story for this verse is identical with the one for the two previous verses (DhP 334 and DhP 335) and for the following verse (DhP 337).
    To defeat the thirst and craving is to defeat the suffering and sorrow. It equals the attainment of Awakenment. Only after reaching the goal of Arahantship, is the thirst completely eradicated and the mind is free from sorrow and suffering. In order to do that one must practice meditation diligently, as taught by the Buddha.

Sentence pronunciation

Word pronunciation:

yo
ca
etaṃ
sahate
jammiṃ
taṇhaṃ
loke
duraccayaṃ
sokā
tamhā
papatanti
udabindu
uda
bindu
va
pokkharā