Jambu Jyoti

Author(s): M A Dhaky, Jitendra B Shah
Publisher: Kasturbhai Lalbhai Smarak Nidhi Ahmedabad

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W. B. Bollée
Jambu-jyoti
(Adda speaks :)
Every single person, however, who professes a religious life, however, praises his own persuasion and makes it publicly known.
Vayaṁ : vāi corrected as vayaṁ (Cū 421, 4) resp. vācam (T II 143 a 6). For this reading there are therefore two, for the interpretation several possibilities, all supposing not very satisfactory presumptions, e.g. vais requires an unfound Old Indian etymon *vācī, the -ā- of which became -ain a pretonic position (Pi § 413)34. Furthermore, for Pā. vacī PED only gives Sn 472 and for the rest takes this form to be a compound form of vaco. Vayam could also be an accusative and equal Sa. vacas, also in Pă. (Gg. S 99), yet apparently in both middle Indo-Aryan canonical languages only the instr. of this word occurs, in Pā. also vaco - Amg. vao. Finally, the Amg. equivalent of Sa, vrata could be considered which, however, semantically does not fit here very well.
Pāu-kuvvam : in the canonical seniors pāu-karai is restricted to Süy and Utt and has for objects dhammam (Sūy 1, 2, 2, 7 and 1,12, 19), vinayam (Utt 1, 1) and āyāram (Utt 11, 1). Old Pāli (e.g. Sn 316 with dhammam) is no help to our problem either and the same holds true for imam, which is acc. sg. mfn. (Pi § 430).
Pāvāiņo : 'philosophers' (Jac.); pravadana-śīlā prāvādukāḥ (Cū 421, 7), similarly Śīlâńka. This word, as well as semantically in fact also the four preceding stanzas, must probably be connected with Ayār 1, 4, 2 and 3, esp. 1, 4, 2, 6, where pāvāuyā are addressed, and with 1, 4, 3, 2* pāvāiyā and Sūy 2, 2, 80 pāvāuyā. Schubring renders the Āyār references by 'Widerredner' and gives as their etymon JHS prāvādika prāvāduka resp.; cf. Pā. păvadati 'to dispute'(PED). Sa. pravādin has a short first syllable and a slightly different meaning.
Pudho : cf. 1, 1, 3, 13 cd pudho pāvāuyā savve akkhāyāro sayam sayam. 2, 6, 12
te anna-m-annassa u garahamānā, akkhanti bho ! samanā māhana ya sao ya atthi a-sao ya n'atthi garahámo ditthim, na garahāmo kimci ||