More Pali - Every few days - [C105]
Warder - Exercise 15 (page 99)
Pali into English (Part 2 of 3)
ekacco daana.m deti sama.nassa vaa braahma.nassa vaa
anna.m paana.m vattha.m yaana.m
maalaa-gandha-vilepana.m seyyaa-vasatha-padiipeyya.m
someone / charity / gives / to a recluse / or / to a
brahmin / or / food / drink / clothing / carriage /
garlands-scent-ointment / bed-room-lamp
Someone gives to a recluse or Brahmin food, drink,
clothing, transportation, garlands, perfume, ointment,
a bed, a room, or lamps. [D.III.259 �
xxxiii.3.1(vii)]
ko nu kho pana bho jaanaati. madaniiyaa kaamaa.
who / is it / indeed / then / sir / knows /
intoxicating / sense pleasures
Who knows, sir? Sense pleasures are intoxicating.
[D.II.234 � xix.34]
jaanaahi yadi vaa ta.m bhavanta.m Gotama.m tathaa
santa.m yeva saddo abbhuggato, yadi vaa no tathaa
you know / whether / or / this / honourable / Gotama /
true / existing / surely / sound / disseminated /
whether / or / not / true
You know whether or not it is true that this
honourable Gotama is as reported. [D.I.88 � iii.1.5]