Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa

1.3.0 Appakā te manussesu - So Few Out of Many Humans

“Appakā te manussesu, ye janā pāragāmino;
Athāyaṃ itarā pajā, tīramevānudhāvati.
Ye ca kho sammadakkhāte, dhamme dhammānuvattino;
Te janā pāramessanti, maccudheyyaṃ suduttaraṃ.
Kaṇhaṃ dhammaṃ vippahāya, sukkaṃ bhāvetha paṇḍito;
Okā anokamāgamma, viveke yattha dūramaṃ.
Tatrābhiratimiccheyya, hitvā kāme akiñcano;
Pariyodapeyya attānaṃ, cittaklesehi paṇḍito.
Yesaṃ sambodhiyaṅgesu, sammā cittaṃ subhāvitaṃ.
Ādānapaṭinissagge, anupādāya ye ratā.
Khīṇāsavā jutimanto, te loke parinibbutā”ti.


Vocabulary
  1. ādāna - [ā + dāna] holding, grasping
  2. ādānapaṭinissagge - [ādāna + paṭi + nissagga + e] clinging, craving + giving up, renouncing
  3. akiñcano - (adj.) having nothing
  4. anupādāya - [an + upādāya] not + holding on to: free from clinging
  5. appakā - [appa + ka + ā] not many, few
  6. atha - [indecl.] copulative: and then, then
  7. athāyaṃ - [atha + ayaṃ] and then + this, this very
  8. cittaklesehi - [citta + klesa + ehi] mind + with impurity, stain
  9. dhammānuvattino - [dhamma + anu + vattino] dhamma + following accordingly
  10. dūramaṃ - far
  11. hitvā - [jahāti/jahati (ger.)] abandoning, renouncing
  12. itarā - other
  13. janā - people, folks
  14. jutimanto - [juti + mant + o] full of splendor
  15. kāme - [kāma + e] desires
  16. kaṇhaṃ - [kaṇha] black, dark evil, wicked
  17. maccudheyya - [maccu + dheyya] death + realm, sphere
  18. okā anokamāgamma - [oka + an + oka + m + āgamma] home + no home + arrived
  19. pajā - progeny, offspring, men
  20. paṇḍito - wise one
  21. pāragāmino - [pāra + gāmino] beyond + going
  22. pāramessanti - [pāra + m + eti (fut.)] beyond + will go, run
  23. parinibbutā - [pari + nibbutā] completely + calmed, extinguished
  24. pariyodapeyya - [pari + y + odapeti (opt.)] completely + should clean
  25. ratā - [rmati (pp.)] delighting in
  26. sambodhiyaṅgesu - [sam + bodhi + y + aṅga + esu] with + enlightenment + limb
  27. sammadakkhāte - [samma + d + akkhāte] well + explained, proclaimed
  28. subhāvitaṃ - [su + bhāvitaṃ] well + made, cultivated, developed
  29. suduttaraṃ - [su + d + uttara + ṃ] difficult + crossing over, going beyond
  30. sukka - white, pure
  31. tatrābhiratimiccheyya - [tatra + ābhi + rati + m + iccheyya] thus + highest + pleasure + should wish
  32. tīramevānudhāvati - [tīram + eva + anu + dhāvati] shore + this + follow + run along
  33. vippahāya - [vi + pajahati (ger.)] abandoning
  34. viveke - detachement, solitude, loneliness
  35. yattha - (adv.) where, at which place

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