➥ ujjhāyati khīyati vipāceti:

• for ujjhāyati khīyati vipāceti:
  • to complain, mutter, and grumble
• ujjhāyati khīyati vipāceti: complained, muttered, and grumbled
• ujjhāyanti khīyanti vipācenti: complained, muttered, and grumbled

Audible sounds

Ujjhāyati khīyati vipāceti mean making verbal complaints that others can hear:

• When bhikkhus heard that woman complaining, muttering, and grumbling, they explained the matter to the Blessed One.

Assosuṁ kho bhikkhū tassā itthiyā ujjhāyantiyā khiyantiyā vipācentiyā. Atha kho te bhikkhu bhagavato etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ. (Vin.2.129)

Intransitive verbs and synonyms

Ujjhāyati khīyati vipāceti are intransitive verbs, and likely synonyms.

• The more the devas complained, muttered, and grumbled, the more lovely, attractive, and handsome the yakkha became.

Yathā yathā kho bhikkhave devā tāvatiṁsā ujjhāyanti khīyanti vipācenti tathā tathā so yakkho abhirūpataro ceva hoti dassanīyataro ca pāsādikataro ca. (SN i 237)

Avoiding negative connotations

The words do not imply ridicule of the complainer, so ‘whine’ or ‘gripe’ are inappropriate.

Illustration: ujjhāyati khiyati vipāceti, complained, muttered, and grumbled

The poor tailor complained, muttered, and grumbled that ‘For the laypeople who give requisites, the bhikkhus advise, instruct, and organise their building work. But I am poor. No one advises or instructs me, or organises my building work.’

Atha kho so daḷiddo tunnavāyo ujjhāyati khiyati vipāceti ye imesaṁ samaṇānaṁ sakyaputtiyānaṁ denti cīvara-piṇḍapāta-senāsana-gilānapaccayabhesajjaparikkhāraṁ te ime ovadanti anusāsanti tesañca navakammaṁ adhiṭṭhenti. Ahaṁ panamhi daḷiddo. Na maṁ koci ovadati vā anusāsati vā navakammaṁ vā adhiṭṭhetī ti. (Vin.2.160)

Having given the young Sakyan bhikkhu, Venerable Upananda, a kahāpaṇa of money, that man complained, muttered, and grumbled that ‘Just as we accept gold and silver, so do these ascetic disciples of the Sakyans’ Son.

Atha kho so puriso āyasmato upanandassa sakyaputtassa kahāpaṇaṁ datvā ujjhāyati khīyati vipāceti: yatheva mayaṁ rūpiyaṁ paṭiggaṇhāma evameva ime samaṇā sakyaputtiyā rūpiyaṁ paṭiggaṇhantī ti. (Vin.3.237)

➥ ujjhāyanti khīyanti vipācenti: (main article see: ujjhāyati khīyati vipāceti)

Illustration: ujjhāyanti khīyanti vipācenti, complained, muttered, and grumbled

Once the Group-of-Six bhikkhus entered a village with their sandals on. People complained, muttered, and grumbled that they were like laymen devoted to sensuous pleasures.

Tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhu saupāhanā gāmaṁ pavisanti. Manussā ujjhāyanti khīyanti vipācenti seyyathā pi gihī kāmabhogino ti. (Vin.1.194)

Bhikkhus examined a facial mark in a mirror and in a bowl of water. People complained, muttered, and grumbled that they were like laymen devoted to sensuous pleasures

ādāse pi udakapatte pi mukhanimittaṁ olokenti. Manussā ujjhāyanti khīyanti vipācenti seyyathā pi gihī kāmabhogino ti. (Vin.2.107)