More Pali - Every few days - [C185]
Warder - Exercise 19 (page 145)
Passages for Reading 2 (Part 6 of 19)
eva.m bho ti kho so khattaa Kuu.tadantassa
braahma.nassa pa.tissutvaa
yes / sir / (end-quote) / indeed / this / steward / to
Kutadanta / the Brahmin / having replied
�Yes, sir�, the steward replied to Kutadanta the
Brahmin,
yena Khaa.numatakaa braahma.na-gahapatikaa ten�
upasa.mkami,
towards / Khanumatakan / Brahmin-householders / there
/ he approached
and he approached the 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 / he said / Kutadanta /
sir / Brahmin / thus / said
and told 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.�