There never was, never will be and even now does not exist
a person who is only blamed or only praised.

na       ca       ahu   na     ca   bhavissati na     ca  etarahi   vijjati
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neg.  conj.   V.act.  neg. conj.   V.act.   neg. conj.  Adv.  V.pas.in.
|           |    3.Sg.aor.  |       |     3.Sg.fut.   |        |        |     3.Sg.pres.
|______|______|        |____|______|         |____|_____|______|
     |___|                        |__|                            |         |___|
        |                             |                              |_______|
        |________________|____________________|__________________________

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ekantaṃ nindito     poso  ekantaṃ  vā  pasaṃsito
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Adv.      Adj.m.     N.m.    Adv.   conj.  Adj.m.
|           Nom.Sg. Nom.Sg.     |         |    Nom.Sg.
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na, neg.: not.

ca, conj.: and.

ahu, V.: was. The verb root is (b)hū- (to be). 3.Sg.act.aor. = ahu.
Euphonic combination: ca + ahu = cāhu.

na: see above.

ca: see above.

bhavissati, V.: (I) will be. The verb root is bhū-. 3.Sg.act.fut. = bhavissati.

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na: see above.

ca: see above.

etarahi, Adv.: now, at present.
Euphonic combination: ca + etarahi = cetarahi.

vijjati, V.: exists, is found. The verb root is vid- (to find). 3.Sg.pas.in.pres. = vijjati.

ekantaṃ: ekanta-, Adj.: one-sided. It is a compound of:
    eka-, Num.: one.
    anta-, N.m.: end.
Euphonic combination: eka- + anta- = ekanta-.
Acc.Sg. = ekantaṃ
Here as an Adv.: absolutely, only.

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nindito: nindita-, Adj.: blamed. It is a p.p. of the verb root nind- (to blame). Nom.Pl.m. = nindito.

poso: posa-, N.m.: person. It is a contraction of the word purisa-, N.m.: person. Nom.Sg. = poso.

ekantaṃ: see above.

vā, conj.: or.

pasaṃsito: pasaṃsita-, Adj.: praised. It is a p.p. of the verb root saṃs- (to proclaim, to point out) with the strengthening prefix pa-. Nom.Sg.m. = pasaṃsito.

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    The subject of this sentence is the noun poso (person, nominative singular). It has two attributes, the past participles nindito (blamed, nominative singular) and pasaṃsito (praised, nominative singular). They both have one attribute each; in both cases it is the adverb ekantaṃ (only). Both attributes are connected by the conjunction vā (or). There are three verbs in this sentence, ahu (was, 3^rd person, singular, active, aorist), bhavissati (will be, 3^rd person, singular, active, future) and vijjati (exists, 3^rd person, singular, passive, indicative, present tense). The last of them has an attribute, the adverb etarahi (now). All three verbs are negated by negative particles na (not) and connected by conjunctions ca (and).

    The story for this verse is identical with the one for the previous verse (DhP 227) and the following verses (DhP 229, DhP 230).
    Even the best of people are always blamed by somebody for something. Gandhi was killed although he was very close to what we call "a saint". Therefore, even if we encounter someone who is hostile to us, we should not feel hatred or enmity.

Sentence pronunciation

Word pronunciation:

na
ca
ahu
bhavissati
etarahi
vijjati
ekantaṃ
eka
antaṃ
nindito
poso
vā
pasaṃsito