The wise ones, who are restrained in bodily conduct, in speech,
and in mind, they are indeed well and thoroughly restrained.

kāyena saṃvutā   dhīrā   atho  vācāya saṃvutā
|                |             |          |         |           |
N.m.     Adj.m.     N.m.   part.   N.f.     Adj.m.
Ins.Sg.  Nom.Pl. Nom.Pl.   |     Ins.Sg.  Nom.Pl.
|_________|             |         |          |______|
        |____________|         |_________|
                   |________________|_____________________________

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manasā saṃvutā dhīrā         te        ve  suparisaṃvutā
|                 |           |             |           |            |
N.n.      Adj.m.    N.m.    Pron.m.  part.    Adj.m.
Ins.Sg. Nom.Pl. Nom.Pl. Nom.Pl.     |      Nom.Pl.
|_________|            |             |______|_______|
         |___________|                   |
___________|                             |
         |______________________|

kāyena: kāya-, N.m.: body. Here as "bodily action". Ins.Sg. = kāyena.

saṃvutā: saṃvuta-, Adj.: restrained, governed, guarded. It is a p.p. of the verb var- (to obstruct) with the prefix saṃ- (together, completely). Nom.Pl.m. = saṃvutā.

dhīrā: dhīra-, Adj.: wise, clever. Nom.Pl.m. = dhīrā.

atho, part.: and, also, further.

vācāya: vācā-, N.f.: speech, voice. Ins.Sg. = vācāya.

saṃvutā: see above.

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manasā: manas-, N.n.: mind. Inst.Sg. = manasā.

saṃvutā: see above.

dhīrā: see above.

te: tat-, Pron.: that. Masculine form sa. Nom.Pl. = te.

ve, part.: indeed.

suparisaṃvutā: suparisaṃvuta-, Adj.: well and thoroughly guarded, restrained, governed. It is the word saṃvuta- (see above) with the prefixes su- (well) and pari- (all around, thoroughly).
Nom.Pl.m. = suparisaṃvutā.

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    The subject of this sentence is the pronoun te (they, nominative singular). It has two attributes, nouns dhīrā (wise ones, nominative plural). These first of them has two attributes, two past participles saṃvutā (restrained, nominative plural). They are connected by the particle atho (and, also). The second of the nouns dhīrā has one past participle saṃvutā as an attribute. Each of the word saṃvutā has one attribute, the nouns kāyena (by body, instrumental singular), vācāya (by speech, instrumental singular) and manasā (by mind, instrumental singular). The verb is omitted, implying the verb "to be". The object is the past participle suparisaṃvutā (well and thoroughly restrained, nominative plural). The particle ve (indeed) serves mainly for metrical purposes.

    The story for this verse is identical with the one for the previous verses (DhP 231, DhP 232 and DhP 233).

Sentence pronunciation

Word pronunciation:

kāyena
saṃvutā
dhīrā
atho
vācāya
manasā
te
ve
suparisaṃvutā