More Pali - Every few days - [C192]
Warder - Exercise 19 (page 145)
Passages for Reading 2 (Part 13 of 19)
tena hi braahma.na su.nohi bhaasissaamii ti.
Well then / Brahmin / listen / I will speak /
(end-quote)
Well then, Brahmin, listen and I will speak.
eva.m bho ti kho Kuu.tadanto braahma.no bhagavato
paccassosi.
thus / sir / (end-quote) / Kutadanta / the Brahmin /
to the Blessed One / he replied
Yes, sir, the Brahmin Kutadanta replied to the
Blessed One.
bhagavaa etad avoca:
Blessed One / thus / spoke
The Blessed One said this:
bhuutapubba.m braahma.na raajaa Mahaavijito naama
ahosi,
in the past / Brahmin / king Mahavijita / named /
there was
Brahmin, once there was a king named Mahavijita,
a.d.dho maha-ddhano mahaa-bhogo
pahuuta-jaataruupa-rajato pahuuta-vitt-uupakara.no
pahuuta-dhana-dhañño paripu.n.na-kosa-ko.t.thaagaaro.
rich / great-wealth / great-property /
much-gold-silver / much-pleasure-resources /
much-wealth-grain / full-treasury-granary
who was exceedingly rich, with much property, gold,
silver, pleasure-resources, wealth and grain, with
treasury and granary completely full.