English
140. Covering, desiring, requesting, holding, Finishing work, being able; 141. Measuring, moving, accumulating, protecting, Calculating, closing eyes; 142. Considering, planting, desiring, Lifting up, being great, gathering; 143. Sounding, sending, adorning, Being harsh, scolding, nourishing; 144. Speaking, covering, Tasting, loving, distinguishing; 145. Binding, mixing, deceiving, Abandoning, going, honoring; 146. Desiring, being ashamed, splitting, Reproaching, oppressing, striking, Serving. Thus the curā etc.; The seven groups are completed. 147. The bhu group, the rudha group,-the divu, the su groups, The ki group, the tanu group,-the curu group, thus seven here; 148. One meaning, many meanings-are spoken for each verb root, To be understood by usage,-for roots have many meanings; 149. For the benefit of the slow-witted,-clearly, in order of letters, quickly, The Dhātu Mañjūsā was composed-by the wise Sīlavaṃsa; 150. A royal swan in the lotus of the Good Dhamma, Sīlavaṃsa, who desired the stability of the Dhamma, Dwelling in Yakkhaddila, named, That lordly ascetic did this; The Kaccāyana Dhātu Mañjūsā is completed. Supplementary Rules Taught by the Teachers 1. A single, many, the ra and tu,-both, the final vowels, The markers of verb stems-of roots, are called in order; 2. Before the consonants of roots,-niggahīta together with the final, Marked with the i vowel-of the rudha group and others, by the marker; 3. The remaining markers of all-are here only for pronunciation, With various results, entering-another language, they become; 4. The state of being a nominal root-is also by authority of the verb, Due to the absence of contradiction,-it is sometimes used; 5. Somewhere by force of dual compounds,-a substitute which is of the inflections, The state of being guṇa etc., the word-is also prescribed in that verb meaning;