17. Aacariyo sissaana.m (pupils) sippa.m (art) vaacento te
anukampamaano dhammena jiivitu.m anusaasi.
teacher / to pupils / art / teaching / them / feeling
compassionate / righteously / to live / instructed
Feeling compassionate, the teacher teaching art to (his) pupils
instructed them to live righteously.
18. Bodhisatto sama.no maara.m (the evil one) paraajetvaa Buddho
bhavi/ahosi.
Bodhisatta / ascetic / the evil one / having defeated /
Buddha / became
Having defeated the evil one, the Bodhisatta ascetic became
the Buddha.
19. Buddha.m passitvaa dhamma.m sotu.m patthentaa naraa dhamma.m
caritu.m vaayamanti.
Buddha / having seen / Dhamma / to hear / aspiring / people /
dhamma / to walk / endeavor
Seeing the Buddha and aspiring to hear the Dhamma, the people
endeavor to practise the dhamma.
20. Sace sappurisaana.m sabbaa patthanaa (fem. aspirations)
samijjheyyu.m manussaa loke sukha.m vindeyyu.m.
if / virtuous men's / all / aspirations / may get fulfilled /
people / in world / joy / will experience
If all the aspirations of the virtuous men get fulfilled,
the people in the world would experience joy.