Pali - Every few days - [B115]
Gair/Karunatillake - Chapter 6 � Further Readings
Ex. 3 (Part 2 of 3)
�Jaanaasi, tva.m mahaaraaja, yavalaavake?�ti.
"Do you know barley-reapers, great king?�
�Aama, bhante, jaanaamii�ti.
"Yes, venerable sir, I know them.�
�Katha.m, mahaaraaja, yavalaavakaa yava.m lunantii�ti?
"How, great king, do barley-reapers reap barley?�
�Vaamena, bhante, hatthena yavakalaapa.m gahetvaa
dakkhi.nena hatthena daatta.m gahetvaa daattena
chindantii�ti.
"Venerable sir, they take a sheaf of barley in the
left hand, and take a sickle in the right hand, and
they cut with the sickle.�