More Pali - Every few days - [C174]
Warder - Exercise 19 (page 145)
Passages for Reading 1 (Part 10 of 15)
atha kho so satthavaaho satthike aamantesi:
then / indeed / this / caravan leader / caravan
merchants / addressed
Then the caravan leader addressed the caravan
merchants:
aya.m bho puriso evam aaha:
this / friend / man / thus / said
�This man has told me:
purato kantaare mahaamegho abhippava.t.to,
ahead / in the wilderness / great cloud / heavy rain
�There is much rain in the wilderness ahead,
aasit-todakaani va.tumaani, bahu.m ti.na� ca ka.t.tha�
ca udaka� ca,
poured water / roads / much / grass / and / firewood /
and / water / and
the roads are covered in water and there is plenty of
grass, firewood and water.
cha.d.detha bho puraa.naani ti.naani ka.t.thaani
udakaani,
throw away / friend / old / grass / firewood / water
Throw away your old grass, firewood and water,
lahu-bhaarehi saka.tehi siigha.m siigha.m gacchatha,
light load / with carts / very fast / you go
and go very fast with your carts lightly loaded.
maa yoggaani kilamethaa ti.
do not / oxen / tire / (end-quote)
Do not tire your oxen.�