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The person who is wearing just rags from a dust heap,
is lean, with veins showing,
who is meditating alone in the forest - him do I call
a Brahmin.
paṃsu+kūla+dharaṃ
jantuṃ kisaṃ
dhamani+santhataṃ
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ekaṃ vanasmiṃ
jhāyantaṃ
tam ahaṃ
brūmi brāhmaṇaṃ
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paṃsukūladharaṃ:
paṃsukūladhara-,
Adj.: having just rags from a dust heap [as one's clothes]. It is a compound
of:
paṃsukūla-,
N.n.: rags from a dust heap. It is a compound of:
paṃsu-,
N.m.: dust, dirt, soil.
kūla-,
N.n.: slope, bank.
dhara-, Adj.: keeping, holding,
knowing. It is derived from the verb root dhar- (to hold).
Acc.Sg.m. = paṃsukūladharaṃ.
jantuṃ: jantu-, N.m.: being, person, man. Acc.Sg. = jantuṃ.
kisaṃ: kisa-, Adj.: lean, emaciated. Acc.Sg.m. = kisaṃ.
dhamanisanthataṃ:
dhamanisanthata-, Adj.: strewn with veins, with veins showing. It
is a compound of:
dhamani-, N.f.: vein.
santhata-, Adj.: spread, strewn.
It is a p.p. of the verb root thar- (to spread) with the prefix
saṃ- (together).
Acc.Sg.m. = dhamanisanthataṃ.
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ekaṃ: eka-, Adj.: alone, one. Acc.Sg.m. = ekaṃ.
vanasmiṃ: vana-, N.n.: forest. Loc.Sg. = vanasmiṃ.
jhāyantaṃ: jhāyant-, Adj.: meditating, practicing meditation. It is an a.pr.p. of the verb root jhe- (to meditate). Acc.Sg.m. = jhāyantaṃ.
tam: tad-, Pron.: it. Masculine form: so-, he. Acc.Sg. = tam (him).
ahaṃ, Pron.: I. Nom.Sg. = ahaṃ.
brūmi, V.: [I] say, proclaim. The verb root is brū-. 1.Sg.act.in.pres. = brūmi.
brāhmaṇaṃ: brāhmaṇa-, N.m.: Brahmin, a holy man. Acc.Sg. = brāhmaṇaṃ.
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The subject is the pronoun ahaṃ
(I, nominative singular). The verb is brūmi
([I] say, 1st person, singular, active, indicative, present
tense). The object is the noun brāhmaṇaṃ
(Brahmin, accusative singular). It has five attributes:
1) the pronoun tam (him, accusative
singular),
2) the noun jantuṃ
(person, accusative singular) with its attribute, the compound paṃsukūladharaṃ
(wearing just rags from a dust heap, accusative singular),
3) the adjective kisaṃ
(lean, accusative singular),
4) the compound dhamanisanthataṃ
(strewn with veins, accusative singular),
5) the adjective ekaṃ
(alone, accusative singular) with its attributes, the active present participle
jhāyantaṃ
(meditating, accusative singular) and the noun vanasmiṃ
(in the forest, locative singular).
Sakka, the king of gods, once came
to pay homage to the Buddha, with many lesser gods in attendance. At the
same time, Kisā Gotamī,
using her supernormal powers, flew to the Buddha also in order to pay homage
to him. But when she saw Sakka with his entourage, she retreated.
Sakka asked the Buddha who she was
and the Buddha told him Kisā Gotamī's
story (see DhP 114 for the story). Then he spoke this verse, extolling
virtues of meditation and ascetic livelihood.
Word pronunciation:
paṃsukūladharaṃ
paṃsu
kūla
dharaṃ
jantuṃ
kisaṃ
dhamanisanthataṃ
dhamani
santhataṃ
ekaṃ
vanasmiṃ
jhāyantaṃ
tam
ahaṃ
brūmi
brāhmaṇaṃ