More Pali - Every few days - [C135]
Warder - Exercise 18 (page 129)
Passage for Reading 1 (Part 5 of 5)
disvaa ta.m akkhadhutta.m etad avoca:
having seen / to that / gambler / this / he said
On seeing this, he said to that gambler:
litta.m paramena tejasaa,
smeared / by the highest / potency
�The man does not know
gilam akkha.m puriso na bujjhati;
swallowed / die / man / not / he knows
the swallowed die is smeared with the highest potency.
gila re gila papa-dhuttaka,
swallow / damn you / swallow / wicked-scoundrel
Swallow, damn you, swallow, you wicked scoundrel;
pacchaa te ka.tuka.m bhavissatii ti.
afterwards / to you / bitterness / there will be /
(end-quote)
for there will be bitterness for you afterwards.�
[D.II.348-9 � xxiii.27]