More Pali - Every few days - [C111]
Warder - Exercise 16 (page 111)
Passage for Reading 1 (Part 2 of 3)
disvaa sahaayako sahaayaka.m aamantesi:
having seen / friend / friend / addressed
When they saw this, one friend said to the other:
yassa kho samma atthaaya iccheyyaama saa.na.m vaa
saa.nasutta.m vaa � siisa.m vaa sajjhu.m vaa, ida.m
pahuuta.m suva.n.na.m cha.d.dita.m.
for which / indeed / my dear / purpose / we would want
/ hemp / or / hemp, thread / or / � / lead / or /
silver / or / this / much / gold / abandoned
�My dear, this large amount of abandoned gold is the
very reason that we want hemp, or hemp thread, or �
lead, or silver. �.
tena hi, samma tva~n ca saa.na-bhaara.m cha.d.dehi,
now / my dear / you / and / hemp load / abandon
Now abandon your load of hemp, my dear,
aha~n ca sajjhu-bhaara.m� cha.d.dessaami,
I / and / silver load / abandon
and I will abandon my load of silver,
ubho suva.n.na-bhaara.m aadaaya gamissaamaa ti.
both / gold load / taking / we will go / (end-quote)
And both taking a load of gold, we will go�.