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# paravajjanupassissa niccaj ujjhanasabbino

# asava tassa vaddhanti ara so asavakkhaya

# (DhP 253)

Sentence Translation:

Who finds faults with others and is always irritable,
his taints only grow. He is far away from dissolution of taints.

Sentence Structure:
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para+vajja+anupassissa niccaj ujjhana+sabbino
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Adj. N.n. Adj.m. Adv. N.n. Adj.m.
|______| Gen.Sg. | | Gen.Sg.
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asava tassa vaddhanti ara so asavakkhaya
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N.m. Pron.m. V.act.in. Adv. Pron.m. N.m.
Nom.Pl. Gen.Sg. 3.Pl.pres. | Nom.Sg. Abl.Sg.
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Vocabulary and Grammar:
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paravajjanupassissa: paravajjanupassin-, Adj,: one who finds faults with others. It is a compound of:
para-, Adj.: different, other.
vajja-, N.n.: fault, what should be avoided.
anupassin-, N.m.: contemplating, viewing, observing. Derived from the verb pass-, to see with the prefix anu-, on, at, down on. The word anupassana- N.f.: observation, contemplation. The suffix -in is so called possessive suffix (thus literally "having contemplation").
Euphonic combination: paravajja- + anupassin- = paravajjanupassin-.
Gen.Sg.m. = paravajjanupassissa.

niccaj, Adv.: perpetually, constantly.

ujjhanasabbino: ujjhanasabbin-, Adj.: irritable. It is a compound of:
ujjhana-, N.n.: taking offence, complaining.
sabbin-, Adj.: conscious, aware, perceiving. It is derived from the word sabba-, N.f.: perception by adding the possessive suffix -in.
Gen.Sg.m. = ujjhanasabbino.

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asava: asava- N.m.: taint, corruption. Nom.Pl. = asava.

tassa: tad-, Pron.: that. Gen.Sg.m. = tassa.

vaddhanti, V.: grow, increase. The verb root is vaddh-. 3.Pl.act.in.pres. = vaddhanti.

ara, Adv.Ind.: far from, remote from.

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

asavakkhaya: asavakkhaya-, N.m.: dissolution of taints. It is a compound of:
a sava-, N.m.: see above.
khaya-, N.m.: destruction, dissolution, end.
Abl.Sg. = asavakkhaya.

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This verse consists of two syntactically separate sentences. They are:
1) paravajjanupassissa niccaj ujjhanasabbino asava tassa vaddhanti (who finds faults with others and is always irritable, his taints only grow). The subject is the noun asava (taints, nominative plural). It has an attribute, the pronoun tassa (his, genitive singular). This word has two attributes, the compounds paravajjanupassissa (of the one who finds faults with others, genitive singular) and ujjhanasabbino (of the one who is irritable, genitive singular). The last of them has its own attribute, the adverb niccaj (always). The verb is vaddhanti (grow, 3rd person, plural, active, indicative, present tense).
2) ara so asavakkhaya (he is far away from dissolution of taints). The subject is the pronoun so (he, nominative singular). The verb is omitted, implying the verb "to be". The object is the compound asavakkhaya (from dissolution of taints, ablative singular). It has an attribute, the adverb ara (far away).

Commentary:

There was a monk named Ujjhana Sabbi. He was always finding faults with others, very easy to get angry and speaking ill of people. When the Buddha found out, he spoke this verse. He also added that sometimes finding faults with others is good. When we see somebody to misbehave and we try to teach him good ways - that is worthy of praise. But if we do it out of spite and malice, then we won't be able to achieve concentration and therefore we get further and further away from the Awakenment.

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Word pronunciation:

paravajjanupassissa
para
vajja
anupassissa
niccaj
ujjhanasabbino
ujjhana
sabbino
asava
tassa
vaddhanti
ara
so
asavakkhaya
asava
khaya