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# yatha savkaradhanasmij ujjhitasmij mahapathe

# padumaj tattha jayetha sucigandhaj manoramaj

# (DhP 58)

Sentence Translation:

Just as at the rubbish heap, thrown out by the big road,
can grow a lotus, of pure smell and delightful,

Sentence Structure:
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yatha savkara+dhanasmij ujjhitasmij maha+pathe
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Rel.Adv. N.m. N.n. Adj.n. Adj. N.m.
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padumaj tattha jayetha suci+gandhaj mano+ramaj
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N.n. Adv. V.med. Adj. N.n. N.n. Adj.n.
Nom.Sg. | 3.Sg.opt. | Nom.Sg. | Nom.Sg.
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Vocabulary and Grammar:
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yatha, Rel.Adv.: just as, just like.

savkaradhanasmij: savkaradhana-, N.n.: rubbish heap. It is a compound of:
savkara-, N.m.: rubbish, dust. Originally from saj + kar- (to mix together).
dhana-, N.n.: heap, receptacle.
Loc.Sg. = savkaradhanasmij.

ujjhitasmij: ujjhita-, Adj.: thrown out, forsaken. It is a p.p. of the verb ujjh- (to forsake, to leave, to give up). Loc.Sg.n. = ujjhitasmij.

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mahapathe: mahapatha-, N.m.: big path, big road.
maha-, Adj.: big, great.
patha-, N.m.: road, path.
Loc.Sg. = mahapathe.

padumaj: paduma-, N.n.: lotus. Nom.Sg. = padumaj.

tattha, Adv.: there.

jayetha, V.: would be born, would grow. The verb root is jan- (to be born).
3.Sg.med.opt. = jayetha.

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sucigandhaj: sucigandha-, Adj.: of pure smell. It is a compound of:
suci-, Adj.: pure, clean.
gandha-, N.m: smell.
Nom.Sg.n. = sucigandhaj.

manoramaj: manorama-, Adj.: lovely, delightful, pleasing to the mind. It is a compound of:
mano-, N.n.: mind.
rama-, Adj.: pleasing. Derived from the verb root ram- (to enjoy, to delight in).
Nom.Sg.n. = manoramaj.

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The subject of this sentence is the noun padumaj (lotus, nominative singular). It has two attributes, adjectives sucigandhaj (of pure smell, nominative singular) and manoramaj (delightful, nominative singular). The verb is jayetha (3rd person, singular, medium, optative). It has two attributes, the adverb tattha (there) and the noun savkaradhanasmij (at the rubbish heap, locative singular). This last noun has its own attribute, the noun mahapathe (on the big road, locative singular) with the past participle ujjhitasmij (on the thrown out, locative singular) as an attribute. The relative adverb yatha (just as) introduces this sentence and connects it to the next verse (DhP 59).

Commentary:

In the city of Savatthi, there lived two friends, Sirigutta and Garahadinna. Sirigutta was a student of the Buddha and Garahadinna followed Nigantha's teaching. Garahadinna always instigated his friend to become a Nigantha's follower too. He would boast that his teachers know all the past, present and future.
So Sirigutta once invited his friend's teachers to his house. He prepared a deep hole, filled it with dirt and put the seats on ropes on top of this trench. Niganthas came and when they sat down, the ropes broke and Niganthas fell into the pit. Sirigutta asked them how come they claim to know the future but they did not know what would happen to them. They did not know what to say and fled in terror.
Garahadinna wanted to take revenge on his friend's teacher too, so he invited the Buddha and some monks to his house for alms food. He dug a hole, filled it with burning coal, and covered with mats. But when the Buddha entered and sat down, the coal disappeared and instead of it big lotus flowers appeared.
Garahadinna was very alarmed. Then he realized that as he did not expect the Buddha to survive this test, he did not prepare any food. But when he entered the kitchen, he found out that a lot of food appeared there as if from nowhere. So he served the food to the Buddha and the monks.
After the lunch, the Buddha taught the two friends Dharma in a gradual manner. At the end they both attained the first stage of Awakenment.

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Word pronunciation:

yatha
savkaradhanasmij
savkara
dhanasmij
ujjhitasmij
mahapathe
maha
pathe
padumaj
tattha
jayetha
sucigandhaj
suci
gandhaj
manoramaj
mano
ramaj