More Pali - Every few days - [C136]
Warder - Exercise 18 (page 129)
Passage for Reading 2 (Part 1 of 20)
bhuutapubba.m raajaa Da.lhanemi naama ahosi
cakkavattii dhammiko dhamma-raajaa �
in the past / king / Dalhanemi / named / was /
wheel-turning / just / righteous-king
Once upon a time there was a wheel-turning, just, and
righteous-ruling king named Dalhanemi �
atha kho raajaa Da.lhanemi vassa-sahassaana.m accayena
a~n~natara.m purisa.m aamantesi.
then / indeed / king / Dalhanemi / rains-thousand /
after / a certain / man / addressed
Then, after a thousand years, King Dalhanemi addressed
a certain man as follows.
yadaa tva.m, ambho purisa, passeyyaasi dibba.m
cakkaratana.m osakkita.m .thaanaa cuta.m, atha me
aaroceyyaasii ti.
when / you / sir / man / you would see / divine /
wheel-treasure / withdrawn / from place / fallen /
then / to me / you should inform / (end-quote)
�My good man, when you see the divine wheel-treasure
withdrawn and fallen down from its place, then you
should inform me.�