More Pali - Every few days - [C114]
Warder - Exercise 16 (page 111)
Passage for Reading 2 (Part 2 of 3)
so uttaraa-sa�nga.m pattharitvaa pahuuta.m
sukkha-guutha.m aaharitvaa
he / outer robe / having spread / much / dry dung /
having taken
He spread out his cloak, took a load of dried dung,
bha.n.dika.m bandhitvaa siise ubbaahetvaa� agamaasi.
in a bundle / having bound / on the head / having
carried / he left
bound it up in a bundle, carried it on his head, and
left.
tassa antaraa magge mahaa akaala-megho paavassi.
of him / whilst / on the way / great / untimely cloud
/ rained heavily
Whilst on his way, a large unseasonable raincloud
drenched him.
so uggharanta.m paggharanta.m yaava agga-nakhaa
guuthena makkhito guutha-bhaara.m aadaaya agamaasi.
he / oozing / dripping / as far as / tip toenails /
with dung / smeared / dung load / taking / he went
He went, bearing his load of dung, smeared with dung
which was oozing and dripping down to the tips of his
toenails.