More Pali - Every few days - [C128]
Warder - Exercise 17 (page 120)
English into Pali (Part 3 of 5)

Then the Brahmin Sonadanda said this to those
Brahmins: �Sirs! Do not speak thus: �His honour
Sonadanda surely disparages class, disparages prayers,
certainly his honour Sonadanda is going over to the
argument of the philosopher Gotama himself,� I do not,
sir, disparage either class or prayers.�
attha kho / braahma.no / So.nada.n.do / avoca / etad /
te / braahma.ne / bhavanto / ma / avacuttha / eva.m /
bhava.m / So.nada.n.do / eva / apavadati / va.n.na.m /
apavadati / mante / eka.msena / bhava.m / So.nada.n.do
/ anupakkhandati / vaada.m / sama.nassa / Gotamassa /
eva / iti / aha.m / na / bho / apavadaami / vaa /
va.n.na.m / vaa / mante / iti
attha kho So.nada.n.do braahma.no te braahma.ne etad
avoca: ma bhavanto eva.m avacuttha: apavadat� eva
bhava.m So.nada.n.do va.n.na.m apavadati mante
eka.msena bhava.m So.nada.n.do sama.nass� eva
Gotamassa vaada.m anupakkhandatii�ti. N�aaha.m bho
apavadaami va.n.na.m vaa mante vaa ti. [D.I.122-123 �
iv.19]

Metta, John