More Pali - Every few days - [C140]
Warder - Exercise 18 (page 129)
Passage for Reading 2 (Part 5 of 20)
bhuttaa kho pana me maanusakaa kaamaa, samayo daani me
dibbe kaame pariyesitu.m.
consumed / indeed / then / by me / human / pleasures /
time / then / for me / divine / pleasures / to seek
I have consumed then the pleasures of a human, now is
the time for me to seek heavenly pleasures.
ehi tva.m taata kumaara ima.m pathavi.m pa.tipajja.
go / you / dear / son / this / earth / follow the path
You, my dear son, go and follow this earthly path.
aha.m pana kesamassu.m ohaaretvaa kaasaayaani
vatthaani acchaadetvaa agaarasmaa anagaariya.m
pabbajissaamii ti.
I / then / hair-beard / having removed / yellow /
robes / having put on / from home / to homelessness /
I will go forth / (end-quote)
I then will shave off my hair and beard, put on the
yellow robes, and go forth from home to homelessness.�