JK> I have just posted to our files section my answers to
JK> the exercises from chapter 5 of "The New Course in
JK> Reading Pali" by Gair & Karunatillake.
I'm happy to continue this common work.
Lesson 5
Section 1
1.1
Why "saying"? The text in 'ti' parentheses probably denotes cognitive
process, as in 2.2.
'bhava.m' - 'sir', essentially the same as 'bho' in this passage.
'sappuriso/asappuriso' - honest/dishonest person ?
1.2
'And I don't call someone 'brahmin' according to mother's womb from
which he was born,
according to his form of address, - if he is attached.'
1.4.
Patience and gentleness, visiting ascetics;
Timely questions about the doctrine - this is the highest blessing.
Section 2
2.1
'pu~n~nakkhetta.m' - "field of merit".
'sampajaano' - 'aware' or 'conscious'. Why "fully alert"?
'Having cognized an idea with his intellect'.
2.2
'ajjhatta.m lobha.m' - internal greed.
'lobhadhamma.m' - greedful mental quality / mental quality of the
greed.
2.3
'for one who does evil knowingly, or for one who does evil
unknowingly?'
2.4
'is form changeable or unchangeable?'
Form is temporarily constant, but changeable.
'vipari.naamadhamma.m' - subjected to vicissitudes.