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# savanti sabbadhi sota lata ubbhijja titthati

# taj ca disva lataj jataj mulaj pabbaya chindatha

# (DhP 340)

Sentence Translation:

The streams flow everywhere. The creeper sprung up and stands firm.
Having seen that creeper grown, cut off its root with your wisdom.

Sentence Structure:
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savanti sabbadhi sota lata ubbhijja titthati
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V.act.in. Adv. N.m. N.f. V.ger. V.act.in.
3.Pl.pres. | Nom.Pl. Nom.Sg. | 3.Sg.pres.
|__________| | | |_______|
|___________| |__________|

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taj ca disva lataj jataj mulaj pabbaya chindatha
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Pron.f. conj. V.ger. N.f. Adj.f. N.n. N.f. V.act.
Acc.Sg. | | Acc.Sg. Acc.Sg. Acc.Sg. Ins.Sg. 2.Pl.imp.
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|________|_____|________| |__________|
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Vocabulary and Grammar:
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savanti, V.: flow. The verb root is su- (to flow). 3.Pl.act.in.pres. = savanti.

sabbadhi, Adv.: everywhere, in every respect.

sota: sota-, N.m.: stream. Nom.Pl. = sota.

lata: lata-, N.f.: creeper, creeping plant. Nom.Sg. = lata.

ubbhijja, V.ger.: having sprung up, having burst upwards. The verb root is bhid- (to break) with the prefix ud- (up).

titthati, V.: stands. The verb root is tha-. 3.Sg.act.in.pres. = titthati.

taj: tad-, Pron.: that. Acc.Sg.f.: taj.

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ca, conj.: and.

disva, V.: having seen. It is a ger. of the verb dis-, to see.

lataj: lata-, N.f.: see above. Acc.Sg. = lataj.

jataj: jata-, Adj.: born, grown, become. It is a p.p. of the verb jan- (to be born). Acc.Sg.f. = jataj.

mulaj: mula-, N.n.: root, ground, foundation. Acc.Sg. = mulaj.

pabbaya: pabba-, N.f.: wisdom. Ins.Sg. = pabbaya.

chindatha, V.: cut off, destroy. The verb root is chid-. 2.Pl.act.imp. = chindatha.

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This verse consists of three syntactically separate sentences. They are:
1) savanti sabbadhi sota (the streams flow everywhere). The subject is the noun sota (streams, nominative plural). The verb is savanti (flow, 3rd person, plural, active, indicative, present tense). It has an attribute, the adverb sabbadhi (everywhere).
2) lata ubbhijja titthati (the creeper sprung up and stands firm). The subject is the noun lata (creeper, nominative singular). The verb is titthati (stands, 3rd person, singular, active, indicative, present tense). It has an attribute, the gerund ubhijja (having sprung up).
3) taj ca disva lataj jataj mulaj pabbaya chindatha (having seen that creeper grown, cut off its root with your wisdom). This can be further analysed into two segments:
a) taj ca disva lataj jataj (having seen that creeper grown). The subject is omitted. The verb is in gerund, disva (having seen). The object is the noun lataj (creeper, accusative singular). It has two attributes, the past participle jataj (grown, accusative singular) and the pronoun taj (that, accusative singular). The conjunction ca (and) serves mainly for metrical purposes.
b) mulaj pabbaya chindatha (cut off its root with your wisdom). The subject is omitted; the verb implies the second person plural pronoun. The verb is chindatha (cut off, 2nd person, plural, active, imperative). It has an attribute, the noun pabbaya (with wisdom, instrumental singular). The object is the noun mulaj (root, accusative singular).

Commentary:

The story for this verse is identical with the one for the two previous verses (DhP 338 and DhP 339) and with the three following verses (DhP 341, DhP 342 and DhP 343).
The streams in this verse are identical with the thirty-six streams from the previous verse (DhP 339). The creeper means passion. It has to be cut off completely with the wisdom gained in meditation practice in order to enable us to reach the Awakenment.

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savanti
sabbadhi
sota
lata
ubbhijja
titthati
taj
ca
disva
lataj
jataj
mulaj
pabbaya
chindatha