Oh, house-builder, you are seen! You will not build this house again!
All your ribs are broken; the roof is destroyed.
My mind is dissolute; I have attained the end of all cravings.

gaha+kāraka   diṭṭho         asi      puna gehaṃ  na    kāhasi
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N.m.  N.m.    Adj.m.    V.act.in. Adv.   N.m.  neg.  V.act.
|       Voc.Sg. Nom.Sg. 2.Sg.pres.   |    Acc.Sg.   |    2.Sg.fut.
|_______|           |_________|         |         |         |_____|
      |_______________|                 |_____|________|
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sabbā         te      phāsukā  bhaggā gaha+kūṭaṃ visaṅkhataṃ
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Adj.f.     Pron.m.    N.f.      Adj.f.  N.m.  N.n.       Adj.n.
Nom.Pl. Gen.Sg. Nom.Pl. Nom.Pl.   |    Nom.Sg. Nom.Sg.
|                  |_______|             |        |_____|              |
|______________|                   |             |__________|
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visaṅkhāra+gataṃ    cittaṃ   taṇhānaṃ khayam  ajjhagā
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N.m.          Adj.n.      N.n.       N.f.        N.m.     V.act.
|               Nom.Sg. Nom.Sg. Gen.Pl.    Acc.Sg. 1.Sg.aor.
|____________|            |             |________|            |
           |_____________|                    |___________|

gahakāraka: gahakāraka-, N.m.: house-builder, house-maker. It is a metaphor for thirst or craving that is the maker of the "house", or in other words of the living being. It is a compound of:
    gaha-, N.m.: house.
    kāraka-, N.m.: doer, maker. It is derived from the verb kar-, to do.
Voc.Sg. = gahakāraka.

diṭṭha-, Adj.: seen. It is a p.p. of the verb root dis- (to see). Nom.Sg.m. = diṭṭho.

asi, V.: [you] are. The verb root is as- (to be). 2.Sg.act.in.pres. = asi.
Euphonic combination: diṭṭho + asi = diṭṭho'si.

puna, Adv.: again.

gehaṃ: geha-, N.m.: house (another spelling of gaha-, N.m.). Acc.Sg. = gehaṃ.

na, neg.: not.

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kāhasi, V.: [you] will do. The verb root is kar- (to do). 2.Sg.act.fut. = kāhasi.

sabbā: sabba-, Adj.: all, every. Nom.Pl.f. = sabbā.

te: tvaṃ, Pron.: you. Gen.Sg. = te.

phāsukā: phāsukā-, N.f.: rib. Nom.Pl. = phāsukā.

bhaggā: bhagga-, Adj.: broken. It is a p.p. of the verb root bhañj- (to break). Nom.Pl.f. = bhaggā.

gahakūṭaṃ: gahakūṭa-, N.n.: top of the house, roof. It is a compound of:
    gaha-, N.m.: house.
    kūṭa-, N.n.: top, highest point, peak.
Nom.Sg. = gahakūṭaṃ.

visaṅkhataṃ: visaṅkhata-, Adj.: destroyed, annihilated. It is a p.p. of the verb root kar- (to do) with the prefixes sam- (together) and vi- (separation, dis-). Nom.Sg.n. = visaṅkhataṃ.

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visaṅkhāragataṃ: visaṅkhāragata-, Adj.: dissolute, annihilated. Lit. "gone into dissolution". It is a compound of:
    visaṅkhāra-, N.m.: dissolution, annihilation. It is a noun derived from the verb root kar- with the prefixes sam- and vi-. See above under visaṅkhataṃ.
    gata-, Adj.: gone. It is a p.p. of the verb root gam- (to go).
Nom.Sg.n. = visaṅkhāragataṃ.

cittaṃ: citta-, N.n.: mind. Nom.Sg. = cittaṃ.

taṇhānaṃ: taṇhā-, N.f.: thirst, craving. Gen.Pl. = taṇhānaṃ.

khayam: khaya-, N.m.: destruction, dissolution, end. Acc.Sg. = khayam.

ajjhagā, V.: [I] attained, found, acquired. The verb root is gam- (to go) with the prefix adhi- (to, into). 1.Sg.act.aor. = ajjhagā.

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    This verse consists of six syntactically separate sentences. They are:
    1) gahakāraka diṭṭho'si (oh, house-builder, you are seen). The subject of this sentence is the compound gahakāraka (oh, house-builder, vocative singular). The verb is asi ([you] are, 2^nd person, singular, active, indicative, present tense). It has an attribute, the past participle diṭṭho (seen, nominative singular).
    2) puna gehaṃ na kāhasi (you will not build this house again). The subject is omitted; the verb implies the second person singular pronoun. The verb is kāhasi ([you] will do, 2^nd person, singular, active, future). It is negated by the negative particle na (not). It has an attribute, the adverb puna (again). The object is the noun gehaṃ (house, accusative singular).
    3) sabbā te phāsukā bhaggā (all your ribs are broken). The subject is the noun phāsukā (ribs, nominative plural). It has two attributes, the pronoun te (your, genitive singular) and the adjective sabbā (all, nominative plural). The object is the adjective bhaggā (broken, nominative plural). The verb is omitted, implying the verb "to be".
    4) gahakūṭaṃ visaṅkhataṃ (the roof is destroyed). The subject is the compound gahakūṭaṃ (roof, nominative singular). The verb "to be" is omitted. The object is the past participle visaṅkhataṃ (destroyed, nominative singular).
    5) visaṅkhāragataṃ cittaṃ (my mind is dissolute). The noun cittaṃ (mind, nominative singular) forms the subject of this sentence. The object is the compound visaṅkhāragataṃ (dissolute, nominative singular). The verb "to be" is omitted.
    6) taṇhānaṃ khayam ajjhagā (I have attained the end of all cravings). The subject is omitted; the verb implies the first person singular pronoun. The verb is ajjhagā ([I] have attained, 1^st person, singular, active, aorist). The object is the noun khayam (end, accusative singular) with its attribute, the noun taṇhānaṃ (of cravings, genitive plural).

    The story for this verse is identical with the story for the preceding one (DhP 153). It forms a part of the first utterance of the new Buddha (The Awakened One) just after he reached the Awakenment. He addressed the "builder" of his personality, the cravings. He finally understood that the craving is the main factor in the repeated rebirth. He destroyed "the ribs" or body of the craving and also "the roof of the house" or the reason for the round of repeated existence. His mind became dissolute, or in other words, he has reached the Nirvana. He has attained the end of all cravings and thus the end of the round of rebirth.

Sentence pronunciation

Word pronunciation:

gahakāraka
gaha
kāraka
diṭṭho
asi
puna
gehaṃ
na
kāhasi
sabbā
te
phāsukā
bhaggā
gahakūṭaṃ
kūṭaṃ
visaṅkhataṃ
visaṅkhāragataṃ
visaṅkhāra
gataṃ
cittaṃ
taṇhānaṃ
khayam
ajjhagā