More Pali - Every few days - [C187]
Warder - Exercise 19 (page 145)
Passages for Reading 2 (Part 8 of 19)
eva.m kho me bho hoti: aham pi sama.na.m Gotama.m
dassanaaya upasa.mkamissaamii ti.
yes / indeed / for me / sirs / it is / I / too /
wanderer / Gotama / to see / I will approach /
(end-quote)
�Yes, gentlemen, indeed it is so: I will go to see the
wanderer Gotama.�
maa bhava.m Kuu.tadanto sama.na.m Gotama.m dassanaaya
upasa.mkami,
do not / honourable / Kutadanta / wanderer / Gotama /
to see / approach
�May the honourable Kutadanta not go to see the
wanderer Gotama,
na arahati bhava.m Kuu.tadanto sama.na.m Gotama.m
dassanaaya upasa.mkamitu.m.
not / it is fitting / honourable / Kutadanta /
wanderer / Gotama / to see / to approach
it is not fitting that the honourable Kutadanta go to
see the wanderer Gotama.
sace bhava.m Kuu.tadanto sama.na.m Gotama.m dassanaaya
upasa.mkamissati,
if / honourable / Kutadanta / wanderer / Gotama / to
see / he will approach
If the honourable Kutadanta goes to see the wanderer
Gotama,
bhoto Kuu.tadantassa yaso haayissati, sama.nassa
Gotamassa yaso abhiva.d.dhissati.
of the honourable / Kutadanta / fame / will diminish /
of the wanderer / Gotama / fame / approach
then the honourable Kutadanta�s fame will diminish.
and the wanderer Gotama�s fame will increase.