Who in this world has renounced desires, wanders around homeless,
him, who has destroyed the existence of desire - him do I call a Brahmin.

yo               idha  kāme pahatvāna anāgāro paribbaje
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kāma+bhava+parikkhīṇaṃ  tam     ahaṃ      brūmi  brāhmaṇaṃ
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yo: yad-, Rel.Pron.: that which. Nom.Sg.m. = yo.

idha, Adv.: here, in this world.
Euphonic combination: yo + idha = yodha.

kāme: kāma-, N.m.: sense-pleasure, sense desire. Acc.Pl. = kāme.

pahatvāna, V.ger.: having renounced, abandoned or eliminated. It is a ger. of the verb hā- (to leave, to give up) with the strengthening prefix pa-.

anāgāro: anāgāra-, N.m.: monk, homeless wanderer. It is derived from the word agāra-, N.n.: home, abode, negated by the negative prefix an-. Nom.Sg. = anāgāro.

paribbaje, V.: wander about [as monks; not necessarily Buddhist]. The verb root is vaj- (to go) with the prefix pari- (around). 3.Sg.act.opt. = paribbaje.

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kāmabhavaparikkhīṇaṃ: kāmabhavaparikkhīṇa-, Adj.: by whom the existence of desire has been completely destroyed. It is a compound of:
    kāma-, N.m.: pleasure, enjoyment, sense-desire.
    bhava-, N.m.: becoming, existence. It is derived from the verb root bhū- (to be).
    parikkhīṇa-, Adj.: completely removed, destroyed. It is a p.p. of the verb root khī- (to remove, to destroy) with the prefix pari- (all around, completely).
Acc.Sg.m. = kāmabhavaparikkhīṇaṃ.

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-, Nṃ.: Brahmin, a holy man. Acc.Sg. = brāhmaṇaṃ.

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    This verse consists of two related sentences. They are:
    1) yodha kāme pahatvāna anāgāro paribbaje (who in this world has renounced desires, wanders around homeless). This can be further analyzed into the main sentence a) and the clause b):
    a) yo anāgāro paribbaje (who wanders around homeless). The subject is the relative pronoun yo (who, nominative singular). It has an attribute, the noun anāgāro (homeless, nominative singular). The verb is paribbaje (should wander around, 3^rd person, singular, active, optative).
    b) idha kāme pahatvāna (in this world having renounced desires). The verb is in gerund, pahatvāna (having renounced). It has an attribute, the adverb idha (here). The object is the noun kāme (desires, accusative plural).
    2) kāmabhavaparikkhīṇaṃ tam ahaṃ brūmi brāhmaṇaṃ (him, who has destroyed the existence of desire - him do I call a Brahmin). The subject of this sentence is the pronoun ahaṃ (I, nominative singular). The verb is brūmi ([I] say, 1^st person, singular, active, indicative, present tense). The object is the noun brāhmaṇaṃ (Brahmin, accusative singular). It has two attributes, the pronoun tam (him, accusative singular) and the compound kāmabhavaparikkhīṇaṃ (who has destroyed the existence of desire, accusative singular).

    In Sāvatthi there lived a rich family. They had a son named Sundara Samudda. He became a monk and lived in Rājagaha. His family missed him very much and they rented a courtesan to try to tempt him.
    She offered food to Sundara Samudda every day. Once she paid some children to play in the street and therefore she invited the monk inside her house, saying that it was too noisy and dusty outside. There she tried to tempt him to give up the life of a monk and become her husband.
    The monk got very alarmed and realized his mistake. But the Buddha was mindful of this struggle and sent forth his radiance and spoke this verse to Sundara Samudda. The monk attained the Arahantship.

Sentence pronunciation

Word pronunciation:

yo
idha
kāme
pahatvāna
anāgāro
paribbaje
kāmabhavaparikkhīṇaṃ
kāma
bhava
parikkhīṇaṃ
tam
ahaṃ
brūmi
brāhmaṇaṃ