Saṁyutta Nikāya — The Connected Discourses

SN1: Connected Discourses with Devatas

SN1:61 Name

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.

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