ශාම්‍යති

ශාම්‍යති • (śāmyati) third-singular indicative (class 4, type P, present, root शम्)

1. Sinhalese script form of शाम्यति, present of शम् (śam, “to stop”)
   • (Can we date this quote?), The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi) (subsequently translated from Pali to Sanskrit), Yamakavagga, page 26; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya‎, Colombo, 2009:

     3 ආක්‍රොශන‍්මාමවොචන‍්මාම ජයන‍්මාමහාපයත්
     අත්‍ර යෙ උපනහ්‍යන‍්තෙ වෛරං තෙෂාං න ශාම්‍යති

     3 Ākrośanmāmavocanmāma jayanmāmahāpayat
     Atra ye upanahyante vairaṃ teṣāṃ na śāmyati.

     They abused me, they reviled me, they defeated me and plundered me.
     Hatred does not subside for those who nurse grudges thus.

     (Wiktionary translation adapted from translation of the Pali by Ajahn Sujato.)

   • (Can we date this quote?), The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi) (subsequently translated from Pali to Sanskrit), Yamakavagga, page 26; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya‎, Colombo, 2009:

     5. න හි වෛරෙණ වෛරාණී ශාම්‍යන‍්තීහ කදාචන
     ක්‍ෂාන‍්ත්‍යා වෛරාණී ශම්‍යන‍්ති එෂ ධර්‍මඃ සනාතනඃ.

     5. Na hi vaireṇa vairāṇi śāmyantīha kadācana.
     Kṣāntyā vairāṇi śāmyanti eṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ.

     5. For in this world hatreds are not ever settled by hatred.
     Hatreds are settled by forbearance. This is an eternal truth.

     (literally, “5. For in this world hatreds are not ever settled by hatred.
     Hatreds are settled by forbearance. This truth is eternal.”)

     (Wiktionary translation adapted from translation of the Pali by Ajahn Sujato.)