The thirst of the person of careless actions
grows just like a creeper.
He flows from existence to existence,
just like a monkey in the forest desiring fruits.

manujassa pamatta+cārino
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N.m.           Adj.     Adj.m.
Gen.Sg.          |      Gen.Sg.
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taṇhā         vaḍḍhati    māluvā viya
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  N.f.          V.act.in.     N.f.    part.
Nom.Sg.    3.Sg.pres. Nom.Sg.   |
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so             plavati hurāhuraṃ
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Pron.m.   V.act.in.    Adv.
Nom.Sg. 3.Sg.pres.      |
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phalam   icchaṃ    va    vanasmi   vānaro
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N.n.       Adj.m.   part.    N.n.       N.m.
Acc.Sg. Nom.Sg.    |     Loc.Sg.  Nom.Sg.
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manujassa: manuja-, N.m.: man, person, human being. Gen.Sg. = manujassa.

pamattacārino: pamattacārin-, Adj.: of negligent actions, acting carelessly. It is a compound of:
    pamatta-, Adj.: negligent. It is a p.p. of the verb mad- (to be intoxicated) with the strengthening prefix pa- (thus pamajjati = to be careless, to neglect).
    cārin-, N.m.: living, acting. Derived by the suffix -in from the verb car- (to walk, to act).
Gen.Sg.m. = pamattacārino.

taṇhā: taṇhā-, N.f.: thirst, craving. Nom.Sg. = taṇhā.

vaḍḍhati, V.: grows, increases. The verb root is vaḍḍh-. 3.Sg.act.in.pres. = vaḍḍhati.

māluvā: māluvā-, N.f.: creper. Nom.Sg. = māluvā.

viya, part.: as, like.

so: tad-, Pron.n.: it. Nom.Sg.m. = so (he).

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plavati, V.: floats, swims. The verb root is plu-. 3.Sg.act.in.pres. = plavati.

hurāhuraṃ, Adv.: from existence to existence, from here to there, from this world to the other world. Derived from the word huraṃ, Adv.: there, in the other world.

phalam: phala-, N.n.: fruit. Acc.Sg. = phalam.

icchaṃ: icchant-, Adj.: wanting, desiring. It is an a.pr.p. of the verb root icch- (to want, to desire). Nom.Sg.m. = icchaṃ.

va, part.: as, like.

vanasmi: vana-, N.n.: forest. Loc.Sg. = vanasmi.

vānaro: vānara-, N.m.: monkey. Nom.Sg. = vānaro.

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    This verse consists of two syntactically separate sentences. They are:
    1) manujassa pamattacārino taṇhā vaḍḍhati māluvā viya (the thirst of the person of careless actions grows just like a creeper).The subject is the noun taṇhā (thirst, nominative singular). It has an attribute the noun manujassa (of a person, genitive singular) with its attribute, the adjective compound pamattacārino (of careless actions, genitive singular). There is also a clause dependent on the subject, the noun māluvā (creeper, nominative singular). It is connected to the subject by the particle viya (as, like). The verb is vaḍḍhati (grows, 3^rd person, singular, active, indicative, present tense).
    2) so plavati hurāhuraṃ phalam icchaṃ va vanasmi vānaro (he flows from existence to existence, just like a monkey in the forest desiring fruits). This can be further analysed into the main sentence a) and the dependent clause b):
    a) so plavati hurāhuraṃ (he flows from existence to existence). The subject is the personal pronoun so (he, nominative singular). The verb is plavati (flows, 3^rd person, singular, active, indicative, present tense). It has an attribute, the adverb hurāhuraṃ (from existence to existence).
    b) phalam icchaṃ va vanasmi vānaro (just like a monkey in the forest desiring fruits). The subject is the noun vānaro (monkey, nominative singular). The verb is in the active present participle, icchaṃ (wanting, nominative singular). It has an attribute, the noun vanasmi (in the forest, locative singular). The object is the noun phalam (fruit, accusative singular). The clause is connected to the main sentence by the particle va (as, like).

    A fisherman in Sāvatthi once caught a beautiful golden fish. But when the fish opened its mouth, horrible smell spread all around. The Buddha was asked why this was so.
    The fish had been a monk named Kapila long time ago. Kapila was very learned and famous. He taught the Dharma to many people. As a result of this he became very conceited and looked down on other monks. Whenever somebody would try to censure him, Kapila would just grow angry. Soon everybody avoided him and that made Kapila even angrier and he developed hatred for the monks and for the Dharma.
    As a result of his conceit and hatred, he had to suffer for a long time. Because he taught the Dharma to many, he had a beautiful golden body. But because he used his mouth to abuse the monks and the Dharma, his breath was stinky and foul. The Buddha then added this verse (and the three following ones, DhP 335, DhP 336 and DhP 337).

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Word pronunciation:

manujassa
pamattacārino
pamatta
cārino
taṇhā
vaḍḍhati
māluvā
viya
so
plavati
hurāhuraṃ
huraṃ
phalam
icchaṃ
va
vanasmi
vānaro