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# ramaniyani arabbani yattha na ramati jano

# vitaraga ramissanti na te kamagavesino

# (DhP 99)

Sentence Translation:

Delightful are the forests, where the crowd doesn't find delight.
Those free of passion will find delight there. They are not seeking pleasures.

Sentence Structure:
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ramaniyani arabbani yattha na ramati jano
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vita+raga ramissanti na te kama+gavesino
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Vocabulary and Grammar:
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ramaniyani: ramaniya-, Adj.: delightful. It is a grd. of the verb root ram- (to enjoy, to delight in). Nom.Pl.n. = ramaniyani.

arabbani: arabba-, N.n.: forest. Nom.Pl. = arabbani.

yattha, Rel.Adv.: where.

na, neg.: not.

ramati, V.: delights. The verb root is ram- (to enjoy, to delight in).
3.Sg.act.in.pres. = ramati. The form ramati is sometimes used in poetry.

jano: jana-, N.m.: person, man. Nom.Sg. = jano. Here collectively: people, the crowd.

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vitaraga: vitaraga-, Adj.: whose passions are gone, devoid of passion. It is a compound of:
vita-, Adj.: gone. It is a p.p. of the verb i- (to go) with the prefix vi- (away).
raga-, N.m.: passion, lust. It is derived from the verb raj- (to color).
Nom.Pl.m. = vitaraga.

ramissanti, V.: will delight. The verb root is ram- (to enjoy, to delight in).
3.Pl.act.fut. = ramissanti.

na, neg.: not.

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

kamagavesino: kamagavesin-, Adj.: seeking pleasures. It is a compound of:
kama-, N.m.: pleasure, enjoyment, sense-desire.
gavesin-, Adj.: seeking, striving after, looking for.
Nom.Pl.m. = kamagavesino.

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This verse consists of three loosely connected sentences. They are:
1) ramaniyani arabbani yattha na ramati jano (delightful are the forests, where the crowd doesn't find delight). This sentence can be further analyzed into two parts:
a) ramaniyani arabbani (delightful [are] the forests). The subject is the noun arabbani (forests, nominative plural). The verb is omitted, implying the verb "to be". The object is the adjective ramaniyani (delightful, nominative plural).
b) yattha na ramati jano (where the crowd doesn't find delight). The subject is the noun jano (crowd, nominative singular). The verb is ramati (delights, 3rd person, singular, active, indicative, present tense). It is negated by the negative particle na (not). The relative adverb yattha (where) connects this sentence to the previous one.
2) vitaraga ramissanti (those free of passion will find delight [there]). The subject is the compound vitaraga (those free of passions, nominative plural). The verb is ramissanti (will delight, 3rd person, active, future).
3) na te kamagavesino (they are not seeking pleasures). The subject is the pronoun te (they, nominative plural). The verb is omitted, implying the verb "to be". This is negated by the negative particle na (not). The object is the compound kamagavesino (seeking pleasures, nominative plural).

Commentary:

A certain monk received a subject of meditation from the Buddha and went to an old garden at the outskirts of the city. Some lascivious woman came into the garden and as there was nobody else around she tried to seduce the monk. She unloosened her hair, began to undress and laugh. The monk became very excited and upset. He did not know what to do.
The Buddha saw this from afar and told the monk this verse, saying that in seeking passions there is no delight. Only after freeing oneself from passion can one enjoy whatever place one is at. The monk did not care about the woman any more and attained arahantship quickly.

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Word pronunciation:

ramaniyani
arabbani
yattha
na
ramati
jano
vitaraga
vita
raga
ramissanti
te
kamagavesino
kama
gavesino