English
1. In whose knowable teachings, Not even an atom was unrevealed, Having bowed to that Dhamma and Sangha, I begin the Treatise on Sound-Point. 2. The 'ka' group is said to be nine, Then 'ṭa' and so on, 'ya' and so forth, The 'pa' group is reckoned as five, Zero-named are the vowels. 3. In vowels, vowels come first, Elisions, augmentations, and substitutions, In consonants, additions, augmentations, And changes of long and short occur. 4. "Did he come through the sky?" "By what power did he show this?" "A king, a sword, fire, a woman," "An ear, work, clouds, and women." Thus ends the chapter on Sandhi. 5. Buddha, man, youth, spring, King, Brahma, friend, and the like, As well as embodied beings and creatures, Teacher, father, overcomer, and wise one. 6. Girl, mother, woman, river, Stream, mother earth, Neuter nouns ending in 'ti,' Word, action, and the like. 7. Taken with 'gahaṇa' here, 'Suddha' is at the beginning and end, 'Vimala' is at the end, 'Thyaṃ' and 'pañca' are at the end, and 'dā' is excessive. 8. In neuter nouns, the use Of 'janakā' is at the end, All principal and following Nouns, compounds, and derivatives. 9. Gender, indeclinables, and the like, Then elisions, augmentations, and so on, Established according to the Suttas, Verbs, participles, and the like. Thus ends the chapter on Nouns. 10. In the six cases, 'sa,' 'mi,' Composition occurs, Derivatives are agent, object, Dative, ablative, locative, and possessive. 11. In the three tenses, the verb is explained, The suffix is the means of agent, object, Everywhere the first case is used, The second case and so on are not used. 12. By mind, by sage, by action, In the forest, by the Buddha, well described, Round, hit, and expanded meaning, The state of a monk, thus is contemplation. Thus ends the chapter on Cases. 13. Aggregates, duals, copulatives, By gender and by number, Elisions, equal and superior, Possessives, happy and beautiful. 14. Determinatives, beautiful and lovely, Compassionate and descriptive, Numeratives, indeclinable utterances, All these are explained here. Thus ends the chapter on Compounds. 15. From Kacca onwards, even in one, Without a fixed rule of sounds, In many senses, 'sa,' 'ti,' 'bho,' 'te,' 'va,' All are derivative suffixes. Thus ends the chapter on Derivatives. 16. In the active, by 'nā,' otherwise in the passive, Likewise in the neuter, by 'ume,' 'raya,' All these in the five roots, Briefly, I have said. With Uma; 17. Attaining the qualities of going, eating, and killing, arising in different elements, They are of endless use, through substitution, condition, and so on; Thus, the chapter on verbs is complete. 18. All suffixes beginning with "ki," even from a single root, May be sevenfold according to form, because of the presence of instruments; Thus, the chapter on nominal derivatives is complete. 19. With this little effort, the Jina's doctrine can be known, As the wise know the ocean's taste from a single drop; 20. A delightful, quick entrance, a city called Piṭaka, A straight path to the Deathless, the forest of words well-purified; 21. By that, a lamp is lit, a lamp is lit, Kaccāyana's excellent jewel in the corner of a decorated chamber, Brought forth with respect by Dhammādhirāja Guru, my revered uncle, By Dhammena Yobbipati, with great respect; Thus, the treatise "Saddabindu" is completely finished. He who, like my own eye, taught me Restraint, a treasure of virtues, the beginning of the Sugata's doctrine, A friend, a heap of good deeds, delightful like a lotus, The great, excellent ascetic, my teacher, named Padumādi Rāma; Living with the wealth of faith, in the well-known Pupphā Rāma, Now known by the name Ariyavaṃsa Dhaja, By the peaceful Ñāṇatilaka, also known as Tyapara, This was done by me for the benefit of children;