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Warder - Exercise 19 (page 145)

Passages for Reading 2 (Part 5 of 19)



atha kho Kuu.tadanto braahma.no khatta.m aamantesi:

then / indeed / Kutadanta / the Brahmin / steward / addressed

Then the Brahmin Kutadanta addressed his steward:



tena hi bho khatte yena Khaa.numatakaa braahma.na-gahapatikaa ten' upasa.mkama,

well then / sir / steward / towards / Khanumatakan / Brahmin-householders / there / approach

"Well then, my good man, approach these Brahmin householders of Khanumataka,



upasa.mkamitvaa Khaa.numatake braahma.na-gahapatike eva.m vadehi: Kuu.tadanto bho braahma.no evam aaha:

having approached / Khanumatakan / Brahmin-householders / thus / say / Kutadanta / sir / Brahmin / thus / said

and tell them that the Brahmin Kutadanta said this:



aagamentu kira bhavanto, Kuu.tadanto pi braahma.no sama.na.m Gotama.m dassanaaya upasa.mkamissatii ti.

may they wait / really / gentlemen / Kutadanta / too / Brahmin / wanderer / Gotama / to see / he will approach / (end-quote)

'Please wait, gentlemen, the Brahmin Kutadanta will go to see the wanderer Gotama too.'"



Metta, John


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