Dear Yong Peng,

13. atho, and then; also; and further.

"Hatthe pi chindanti, atho pi paade,
Ka.n.ne pi chindanti, atho pi naasa.m." [V.V.p.50]

YP: "Cut the hands too, and also the feet,
Cut the ears too, and also the nose."
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N: Instead of imperative: they cut the hands too....They cut the ears
too...
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Y.P.: 15. Addhaa tva.m Buddho bhavissasi; Buddhabhuutena pana te
pa.thama.m mama vijita.m aagantabba.m." [Jaataka-nidaana]

YP: "Surely, you will become a Buddha; but firstly (you) should come
to my kingdom with your Buddhabhuuta."
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N: Surely, you will become a Buddha;but after you have become a
Buddha you should first come to my kingdom.
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Nina.

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