More Pali - Every few days - [C198]
Warder - Exercise 19 (page 145)
Passages for Reading 2 (Part 19 of 19)
ye bhoto rañño janapade ussahanti raaja-porise
who / of the honourable / king / in the country / they
try / king-service
to those, your majesty, in the honourable kings
country who are engaged in service to the king,
tesa.m bhava.m raajaa bhatta-vetana.m pakappatu,
to these / honourable / king / rice-wages / may he
distribute
may your majesty distribute food and wages;
te ca manussaa sa-kamma-pasutaa rañño janapada.m na
vihe.thessanti,
those / and / men / own-action-intent on / of the king
/ country / not /they will harass
so, these people who are intent on their own business
will not harass the kings country,
mahaa ca rañño raasiko bhavissati, khema-.t.thitaa
janapadaa aka.n.takaa anuppii.laa
great / and / of the king / accumulation / there will
be / safe-standing / countries / not thieves / not
oppressed
and the kings revenue will be great, and the lands
safe, without thieves or oppression,
manussaa ca mudaa modamaanaa ure putte naccentaa
a-paaruta-gharaa maññe viharissantii ti.
men / and / happy / rejoicing / own / sons / dancing /
not-veiled-house / I believe / they will live /
(end-quote)
and I believe the people will be happy and rejoicing,
dancing with their children, and will live in unlocked
houses.
[D.I.127-35 v.1,3-11]