More Pali - Every few days - [C146]
Warder - Exercise 18 (page 129)
Passage for Reading 2 (Part 11 of 20)
katama.m pan� eta.m deva ariya.m cakkavatti-vattan ti.
how / then / this / lord / noble / wheel-turning
conduct / (end-quote)
�How, lord, does one conduct oneself as a
wheel-turning monarch?�
tena hi tva.m taata dhamma.m yeva nissaaya dhamma.m
maanento dhamma.m puujento
by this / indeed / you / dear one / Dhamma / just you
/ depending on / Dhamma / honouring / Dhamma /
revering
�Just this, my dear one, depending on the Dhamma
yourself, honouring and revering it,
dhammika.m rakkha-avara.na-gutti.m sa.mvidahassu
khattiyesu anuyantesu braahma.na-gahapatikesu
negama-jaanapadesu sama.nabraahma.nesu miga-pakkhiisu.
according to Dhamma / safety-shelter-protection /
provide / for warriors / for vassals / for Brahmin
householders / for town and country dwellers / for
ascetics and Brahmins / for animals and birds
you should provide safety, shelter, and protection
according to Dhamma for your warriors, vassals,
Brahmin householders, town and country dwellers,
ascetics and Brahmins, animals and birds.