Who here in this world does not take what was not given, be it long, short,
small, big, pleasant or unpleasant - him do I call a Brahmin.

yo                idha dīghaṃ   va rassaṃ   vā  aṇuṃ   thūlaṃ subha+asubhaṃ
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Rel.Pron.m. Adv.  Adj.n.  part. Adj.n. part. Adj.n.   Adj.n.  Adj.     Adj.n.
Nom.Sg.          |   Acc.Sg.    |   Acc.Sg.   |   Acc.Sg. Acc.Sg.   |       Acc.Sg.
|                      |         |_____|       |_____|        |            |         |_______|
|                      |              |_________|_______|_______|_________|
|                      |                                                   |_____________________________I.
|                      |__________________________________________________________II.
|_______________________________________________________________________III.

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   loke     adinnaṃ na     ādiyati       tam      ahaṃ      brūmi  brāhmaṇaṃ
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   N.m.     Adj.n.   neg. V.med.in. Pron.m.   Pron.    V.act.in.     N.m.
  Loc.Sg. Acc.Sg.    |     3.Sg.pres. Acc.Sg. Nom.Sg. 1.Sg.pres. Acc.Sg.
I.___|            |         |______|             |             |             |              |
II._|________|               |                  |             |             |              |
            |_____________|                  |             |             |              |
III.___________|                              |             |             |              |
               |______________________|             |             |              |
                                    |__________________|_______|________|
                                                                     |             |____|
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yo: yad-, Rel.Pron.: that which. Nom.Sg.m. = yo.

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

dīghaṃ: dīgha-, Adj.: long. Acc.Sg.n. = dīghaṃ.

va, conj.: or. Usually written as vā, here shortened for metrical reasons.

rassaṃ: rassa-, Adj.: short. Acc.Sg.n. = rassaṃ.

vā, conj.: or.

aṇuṃ: aṇu-, Adj.: small, atomic, subtle. Acc.Sg.n. = aṇuṃ.

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thūlaṃ: thūla-, Adj.: massive, big, strong. Acc.Sg.n. = thūlaṃ.

subhāsubhaṃ: subhāsubha-, Adj.: pleasant and unpleasant. It is a compound of:
    subha-, Adj.: pleasant.
    asubha-, Adj.: unpleasant, not pleasant.
    Euphonic combination: subha- + asubha- = subhāsubha-.
Acc.Sg.n. = subhāsubhaṃ.

loke: loka-, N.m.: world. Loc.Sg. = loke.

adinnam: adinna-, Adj.: what is not given. It is the word dinna-, Adj.: given (it is a p.p. of the verb root dā-, to give) negated by the negative prefix a-. Acc.Sg.n. = adinnam.

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na, neg.: not.

ādiyati, V.: takes up, seizes, grasps. The verb root is dā- (to give) with the prefix ā- (towards). 3.Sg.med.in.pres. = ādiyati.
Euphonic combination: na + ādiyati = nādiyati.

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 dīghaṃ va rassaṃ vā aṇuṃ thūlaṃ subhāsubhaṃ loke adinnaṃ nādiyati (who here in this world does not take what was not given, be it long, short, small, big, pleasant or unpleasant). The subject is the relative pronoun yo (who, nominative singular). The verb is ādiyati (takes, 3^rd person, singular, medium, indicative, present tense). It is negated by the negative particle na (not). The verb has an attribute, the noun loke (in the world, locative singular), with its attribute, the adverb idha (here). The object is the adjective adinnaṃ (not given, accusative singular). It has five attributes, the adjectives dīghaṃ (long, accusative singular), rassaṃ (short, accusative singular), aṇuṃ (small, accusative singular), thūlaṃ (big, accusative singular) and subhāsubhaṃ (pleasant or unpleasant, accusative singular). They are connected by two particles va and its variant vā (or).
    2) tam ahaṃ brūmi brāhmaṇaṃ (him do I call a Brahmin). The subject 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 an attribute, the pronoun tam (him, accusative singular).

    A certain Brahmin once put his clothes beside his house, in order to air it. A monk who happened to pass by mistook it for a thrown away piece of cloth and he took it. The Brahmin accused him of stealing and the monk then returned the cloth back and went to the monastery.
    There he told the story to other monks. The monks started joking about this incident, asking him to describe the quality of the cloth. The monks only replied that he had no attachment to the clothes at all.
    The Buddha then confirmed that this monk was really an Arahant without attachment and added this verse, saying that Arahants do not take things not given to them.

Sentence pronunciation

Word pronunciation:

yo
idha
dīghaṃ
va
rassaṃ
vā
aṇuṃ
thūlaṃ
subhāsubhaṃ
subha
asubhaṃ
loke
adinnaṃ
na
ādiyati
tam
ahaṃ
brūmi
brāhmaṇaṃ