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# na cahu na ca bhavissati na cetarahi vijjati

# ekantaj nindito poso ekantaj va pasajsito

# (DhP 228)

Sentence Translation:

There never was, never will be and even now does not exist
a person who is only blamed or only praised.

Sentence Structure:
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na ca ahu na ca bhavissati na ca etarahi vijjati
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neg. conj. V.act. neg. conj. V.act. neg. conj. Adv. V.pas.in.
| | 3.Sg.aor. | | 3.Sg.fut. | | | 3.Sg.pres.
|______|______| |____|______| |____|_____|______|
|___| |__| | |___|
| | |_______|
|________________|____________________|__________________________

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ekantaj nindito poso ekantaj va pasajsito
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Adv. Adj.m. N.m. Adv. conj. Adj.m.
| Nom.Sg. Nom.Sg. | | Nom.Sg.
|_________| | |_____|______|
| | |__|
|_____________|__________|
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Vocabulary and Grammar:
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na, neg.: not.

ca, conj.: and.

ahu, V.: was. The verb root is (b)hu- (to be). 3.Sg.act.aor. = ahu.
Euphonic combination: ca + ahu = cahu.

na: see above.

ca: see above.

bhavissati, V.: (I) will be. The verb root is bhu-. 3.Sg.act.fut. = bhavissati.

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na: see above.

ca: see above.

etarahi, Adv.: now, at present.
Euphonic combination: ca + etarahi = cetarahi.

vijjati, V.: exists, is found. The verb root is vid- (to find). 3.Sg.pas.in.pres. = vijjati.

ekantaj: ekanta-, Adj.: one-sided. It is a compound of:
eka-, Num.: one.
anta-, N.m.: end.
Euphonic combination: eka- + anta- = ekanta-.
Acc.Sg. = ekantaj
Here as an Adv.: absolutely, only.

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nindito: nindita-, Adj.: blamed. It is a p.p. of the verb root nind- (to blame). Nom.Pl.m. = nindito.

poso: posa-, N.m.: person. It is a contraction of the word purisa-, N.m.: person. Nom.Sg. = poso.

ekantaj: see above.

va, conj.: or.

pasajsito: pasajsita-, Adj.: praised. It is a p.p. of the verb root sajs- (to proclaim, to point out) with the strengthening prefix pa-. Nom.Sg.m. = pasajsito.

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The subject of this sentence is the noun poso (person, nominative singular). It has two attributes, the past participles nindito (blamed, nominative singular) and pasajsito (praised, nominative singular). They both have one attribute each; in both cases it is the adverb ekantaj (only). Both attributes are connected by the conjunction va (or). There are three verbs in this sentence, ahu (was, 3rd person, singular, active, aorist), bhavissati (will be, 3rd person, singular, active, future) and vijjati (exists, 3rd person, singular, passive, indicative, present tense). The last of them has an attribute, the adverb etarahi (now). All three verbs are negated by negative particles na (not) and connected by conjunctions ca (and).

Commentary:

The story for this verse is identical with the one for the previous verse (DhP 227) and the following verses (DhP 229, DhP 230).
Even the best of people are always blamed by somebody for something. Gandhi was killed although he was very close to what we call "a saint". Therefore, even if we encounter someone who is hostile to us, we should not feel hatred or enmity.

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Word pronunciation:

na
ca
ahu
bhavissati
etarahi
vijjati
ekantaj
eka
antaj
nindito
poso
va
pasajsito