While the cavalry rescues the 3rd sentence and scouting party
investigates the 4th, let's send a postal pigeon to the 5th, since it is
rather long and requires special consideration:

“Ta.m ki.m maññatha, bhikkhave, katama.m nu kho vara.m – ya.m
amu.m mahanta.m aggikkhandha.m aaditta.m sampajjalita.m
sajotibhuuta.m aali'ngetvaa upanisiideyya vaa upanipajjeyya vaa,
ya.m vaa khattiyakañña.m vaa braahma.nakañña.m vaa gahapatikañña.m
vaa mudutalunahatthapaada.m aali'ngetvaa upanisiideyya vaa upanipajjeyya
vaa”ti?

ta.m = third person singular pronoun (neuter
nominative-accusative or masc.-fem. accusative)
ki.m = what (neuter singular of 'ka' as an interrogative
particle)
maññatha = (you) think (plural 2nd person of 'maññati')
bhikkhave = monks (vocative plural)
katama.m = which
nu = then, now (interrogative particle)
kho = now, then (emphatic particle)
vara.m = best, supreme, better, most excellent
ya.m = that which, whether (relative pronoun)
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
aali'ngetvaa = having empraced, past adverbial participle of
'aali'ngati'
upanisiideyya = optative of 'upanisiidati', to sit close to or down
by
vaa = or
upanipajjeyya = optative of 'upanipajjati', to lie down close or on
top of (with object in accusative case)
khattiyakañña.m = a maid of khattiya (Sk. k,satriya, arictocratic) birth
(accusative case)
braahma.nakañña.m = a maid of braahma.na birth
gahapatikañña.m = a maid of gahapatika (householder) birth
mudu-taluna-hatthapaada.m = tender young hand and foot
ti = thus, end-quote



Girls, girls, girls... This unwordly logic reminds me of another sutta,
Sutta Nipata III.12, Dvayatanupassana Sutta, The Contemplation of Dualities
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/khuddaka/suttanipata/snp3-12.html

What would my friends from Tibetan Vajrayana say about this sutta?
And what about the current utmost peak of beauty and spirituality,
shown daily on TV and ads?
The fire burns.

Dimitry