More Pali - Every few days - [C170]
Warder - Exercise 19 (page 145)
Passages for Reading 1 (Part 6 of 15)
te pa.thame pi sattha-vaase na addasa.msu ti.na.m vaa
ka.t.tha.m vaa udaka.m vaa,
they / at the first / caravan site / not / they saw /
grass / or / firewood / or / water / or
At the first caravan site they did not see any grass,
firewood, or water,
dutiye pi satthavaase �, tatiye pi satthavaase �,
catutthe pi satthavaase �, pa�came pi satthavaase �,
cha.t.the pi satthavaase �,
at the second / too / caravan site / at the third /
too / caravan site / at the fourth / too / caravan
site / at the fifth / too / caravan site / at the
sixth / too / caravan site
nor at the second, nor at the third, nor at the
fourth, nor at the fifth, nor at the sixth,
sattame pi satthavaase na addasa.msu ti.na.m vaa
ka.t.tha.m vaa udaka.m vaa,
at the seventh / too / caravan site / not / they saw /
grass / or / firewood / or / water / or
nor at the seventh caravan site did they see any
grass, firewood, or water.
sabbe va anaya-vyasana.m aapajji.msu.
all / thus / misfortune / disaster / they arrived
Thus they all arrived at misfortune and disaster.
ye ca tasmi.m satthe ahesu.m manussaa vaa pasuu vaa
sabbe so yakkho amanusso bhakkhesi, a.t.thikaan� eva
sesesi.
whatever / and / in this / caravan / there were / men
/ or / beasts / or / all / this / demon / not human /
ate / bones / just / remained
And whatever there were in this caravan, men or
animals, they were all eaten by a non-human spirit,
and only their bones remained.