More Pali - Every few days - [C190]
Warder - Exercise 19 (page 145)
Passages for Reading 2 (Part 11 of 19)
yam pi bho sama.no Gotamo Khaa.numata.m anuppatto
Khaa.numate viharati Ambala.t.thikaaya.m atith
amhaaka.m sama.no Gotamo.
which / and / sir / the wanderer / Gotama / Khanumata
/ arrived / in Khanumata / is living / at Ambalatthika
/ guest / our / the wanderer / Gotama
And since, gentlemen, the wanderer Gotama has arrived
in Khanumata and is living here at Ambalatthika, then
he is our guest,
atithi kho pan amhehi sakkaatabbo garukaatabbo
maanetabbo puujetabbo.
guest / indeed / then / by us / should be entertained
/ should be shown respect / should be revered / should
be honoured
and a guest should be entertained, shown respect,
revered and honoured by us.
iminaa p angena na arahati so bhava.m Gotamo
amhaaka.m dassanaaya upasa.mkamitu.m,
by this / and / quality / not / it is fitting / the /
honourable / Gotama / us / to see / to approach
And thus it is not fitting that the honourable Gotama
come to see us,
atha kho mayam eva arahaama ta.m bhavanta.m Gotama.m
dassanaaya upasa.mkamitun ti.
Then / indeed / we / thus / are fitting / this /
honourable / Gotama / to see / to approach /
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but rather it is fitting that we go to see the
honourable Gotama.