From love, grief is born. From love, fear is born.
One freed from love has no grief, whence fear?

pemato    jāyatī       soko     pemato   jāyatī     bhayaṃ
|                  |              |             |            |               |
N.n.      V.med.in.    N.m.      N.n.   V.med.in.     N.n.
Abl.Sg.  3.Sg.pres. Nom.Sg. Abl.Sg. 3.Sg.pres.  Nom.Sg.
|__________|              |             |_______|               |
         |_____________|                    |____________|

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pemato vippamuttassa na     atthi         soko    kuto  bhayaṃ
|                    |            |         |              |          |          |
N.n.         Adj.m.     neg. V.act.in.     N.m.   Adv.    N.n.
Abl.Sg.    Gen.Sg.       |   3.Sg.pres. Nom.Sg.   |     Nom.Sg.
|___________|            |_____|               |         |______|
          |_______________|                    |________|
                       |________________________|

pemato: pema-, N.n.: love. Abl.Sg. = pemato.

jāyatī, V.: is born. The verb root is jan- (to be born). 3.Sg.med.in.pres. = jāyati. The form jāyatī is sometimes used in poetry.

soko: soka-, N.m.: grief, sorrow. Nom.Sg. = soko.

pemato: see above.

jāyatī: see above.

bhayaṃ: bhaya-, N.n.: fear. Nom.Sg. = bhayaṃ.

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pemato: see above.

vippamuttassa: vippamutta-, Adj.: emancipated, freed, released. It is a p.p. of the verb muc- (to release) with the prefixes vi- (meaning separation) and pa- (strengthening). Gen.Sg.m. = vippamuttassa.

na, neg.: not.

atthi, V.: is. The verb root is as- (to be). 3.Sg.act.in.pres. = atthi.
Euphonic combination: na + atthi = natthi.

soko: see above.

kuto, Adv.: Whence? Where from?

bhayaṃ: see above.

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    This verse consists of three syntactically separate sentences. They are:
    1) pemato jāyatī soko (from love, grief is born). The subject is the noun soko (grief, nominative singular). The verb is jāyatī (is born, 3^rd person, singular, medium, indicative, present tense). It has an attribute, the noun pemato (from love, ablative singular).
    2) pemato jāyatī bhayaṃ (from love, fear is born). The subject is the noun bhayaṃ (fear, nominative singular). The verb is jāyatī (is born, 3^rd person, singular, medium, indicative, present tense). It has an attribute, the noun pemato (from love, ablative singular).
    3) pemato vippamuttassa natthi soko kuto bhayaṃ (one freed from love has no grief, whence fear?). This can be further analysed into two segments:
    a) pemato vippamuttassa natthi soko (one freed from love has no grief). The subject is the noun soko (grief, nominative singular). The verb is atthi (is, 3^rd person, singular, active, indicative, present tense). It is negated by the negative particle na (not). The verb has an attribute, the past participle vippamuttassa (of the one who is freed, genitive singular). This word has also an attribute, the noun pemato (from love, ablative singular).
    b) kuto bhayaṃ (whence fear?). The subject is the noun bhayaṃ (fear, nominative singular). The verb is omitted, implying the verb "to be". The adverb kuto (whence?) can be seen as an attribute to this verb.

    Visākhā, a famous benefactress of the Buddha and his followers, had a granddaughter, who died suddenly. Visākhā was very sad and she came to see the Buddha and expressed her feelings. The Buddha told her to realize how many people died every day only in the city of Sāvatthi. If we were to regard all of them as our children and grandchildren, we would be weeping all day. He also told Visākhā this verse, saying that sorrow arises out of love.

Sentence pronunciation

Word pronunciation:
 
pemato
jāyatī
soko
bhayaṃ
vippamuttassa
na
atthi
kuto