While we're waiting for the cavalry to arrive and rescue us on the
3rd sentence, let's send a scouting party ahead to the 4th:


Nisajja kho bhagavaa bhikkhuu aamantesi: "passatha no tumhe bhikkhave
amu.m mahanta.m aggikkhandha.m aaditta.m sampajjalita.m
sajotibhuuta.m?"ti. "Eva.m bhante"ti.


nisajja = having sat down, after sitting down
kho = now, then
bhagavaa = the Blessed One
bhikkhuu = the monks (accusative plural)
aamantesi = spoke, addressed (aorist of aamanteti)

passatha = you see (2nd person plural, from passati)
no = or not, is it not so
tumhe = you (nominative plural)
bhikkhave = monks (vocative plural)
amu.m = that (accusative)
mahanta.m = large (accusative of mahaa, adjective in -ant)
aggikkhanda.m = fire-mass, mass of fire
aaditta.m = on fire, blazing, burning
sampajjalita.m = in flames, ablaze
sajotibhuuta.m = ablaze, aglow
ti = thus, end-quote

eva.m = thus, such, just so
bhante = Sir, venerable Sir (vocative; polite form of address)
ti = thus, end-quote


Derek.