Pali word association game

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tejana ( arrow)
Dhammapada Verse 80
Udakam hi nayanti nettika
usukara namayanti tejanam
darum namayanti tacchaka
attanam damayanti pandita.

Farmers (lit., makers of irrigation canals ) channel the water; fletchers straighten the arrow; carpenters work the timber; the Wise tame themselves.
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pāṇātipātā (killing living [breathing] beings)

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