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Warder - Exercise 19 (page 145)
Passages for Reading 3 (Part 1 of 3)
jaate kho pana bhikkhave Vipassimhi kumaare,
Bandhumato ra��o pa.tivedesu.m:
on the birth / indeed / monks / on Vipassi / prince /
Bandhuma / to the king / they showed
Monks, when Prince Vipassi was born, they showed him
to King Bandhuma:
putto te deva jaato, ta.m devo passatu ti.
son / to you / lord / born / him /lord / may you look
/ (end-quote)
�Lord, a son has been born to you. Please look at
him.�
addasaa kho bhikkhave Bandhumaa raajaa
Vipassii-kumaara.m,
saw / indeed / monks / Bandhuma / king /
Vipassi-prince
So, monks, King Bandhuma looked at Prince Vipassi,
disvaa nemitte braahma.ne aamantaapetvaa etad avoca:
having seen / sign / brahmins / having summoned / thus
/ he said
and on seeing him, he summoned his Brahmins skilled in
divination, and said to them:
passantu bhonto nemittaa braahma.naa kumaaran ti.
May you see / sirs / sign / brahmins / prince /
(end-quote)
�Sirs, please look at the prince.�