Hellor Gunnar,

I have absolutely no opinion on your Swedish and Esperanto
translation, because unfortunately I don't know these languages.
But I'm sure they're good! ;-)

chanda (from the PED) has the sense of resolution, intention, will,
delight in. So Narada's translation works fine too. I have another
translation of the Dhp. by Kaviratna, and he uses delight in here.
These are all acceptable for the sense intended, in my opinion.

Thanks for your comments,
John

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, Gunnar Gällmo <gunnargallmo@...> wrote:
> --- John Kelly <palistudent@...> skrev: > Pali
> - Every few days - [B168]
> > Gair/Karunatillake - Chapter 9 –Readings
> > Ex. 3 (Part 1 of 3)
> >
> > Paapa~nce puriso kayiraa - na na.m kayiraa
> > punappuna.m;
> > na tamhi chanda.m kayiraatha - dukkho paapassa
> > uccayo.
> >
> > If a person does evil, he should not do it again and
> > again;
> > Do not make an intention of this – painful is the
> > accumulation of evil.
> >
> > Pu~n~na.m ce puriso kayiraa - kayiraa na.m
> > punappuna.m.
> > tamhi chanda.m kayiraatha - sukho pu~n~nassa uccayo.
> >
> > If a person makes merit, he should do it again and
> > again;
> > Do make an intention of this – happy is the
> > accumulation of merit.
> >
> > (Dhp 9, 117-118)
>
> A somewhat different interpretation of "chanda" is
> sometimes seen, e. g. Narada: "He should (not) find
> pleasure therein"; similarly Rune E. A. Johansson's
> Swedish translation: "och må hon (inte) finna nöje i
> det."
>
> I have followed the same line in my own two
> translations; Swedish "finne han (inte) nöje däri",
> Esperanto "(ne) en tio ravigxu" (where the x is
> txt-code for a circumflex over g).
>
> It would be interesting to hear your opinions.
>
> Saddhamme,
>
> Gunnar
>
> (whose name isn't, unfortunately, a short form of
> "Gunaratana". "Gun" is Old Norse for "war", and
> "gunnar" for "warrior". A nice name for a pacifist!)
>
>
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