SN1:61 Name
- DG BB TBW © Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi. (More copyright information)
1v.203 "What has weighed down everything?
What is most extensive?
What is the one thing that has
All under its control?"
2v.204 "Name has weighed down everything;
Nothing is more extensive than name.
Name is the one thing that has
All under its control."
[n.121] in pāda a, I read addhabhavi with Be and Ee1 & 2, as against anvabhavi in Se. Addhabhavi is aorist of adhibhavati, to overcome, to overpower; see CPD, s.v. addhabhavati. Spk: There is no living being or entity that is free from a name, whether the name be natural or fabricated. Even a tree or stone with no known name is still called "the nameless one."
1"Kiṁsu sabbaṁ addhabhavi,
kismā bhiyyo na vijjati;
Kissassu ekadhammassa,
sabbeva vasamanvagū"ti.
2"Nāmaṁ sabbaṁ addhabhavi,
nāmā bhiyyo na vijjati;
Nāmassa ekadhammassa,
sabbeva vasamanvagū"ti.
