More Pali - Every few days - [C208]
Warder - Exercise 20 (page 164)
Passages for Reading 1 (Part 1 of 5)
atha kho bhikkhave Vipassii kumaaro bahunna.m
vassaana.m bahunna.m vassa-sataana.m bahunna.m
vassa-sahassaana.m accayena saarathi.m aamantesi:
then / indeed / monks / Vipassi / prince / many /
rains / many / rains-hundreds / many / rains-thousands
/ after the lapse of / charioteer / addressed
Then, monks, after many years, many hundreds of years,
many thousands of years, Prince Vipassi addressed his
charioteer:
yojehi samma saarathi bhaddaani bhaddaani yaanaani,
uyyaana-bhuumi.m gacchaama bhuumi.m dassanaayaa ti.
harness / my dear / charioteer / very good / carriages
/ park-place / we go / place / to see / (end-quote)
My dear charioteer, harness the very best carriages.
We will go to the pleasure park to inspect it.
eva.m devaa ti kho bhikkhave saarathi Vipassiissa
kumaarassa pa.tissutvaa bhaddaani bhaddaani yaanaani
yojaapetvaa Vipassiissa kumaarassa pa.tivedesi:
yes / lord / (end-quote) / indeed / monks / charioteer
/ to Vipassi / to prince / having replied / very good
/ carriages / having harnessed / to Vipassi / to
prince / he announced
Then, monks, the charioteer replied Yes, lord to
Prince Vipassi, harnessed the very best carriages, and
announced to him:
yuttaani kho te deva bhaddaani bhaddaani yaanaani,
yassa daani kaala.m ma~n~nasii ti.
yoked / indeed / these / lord / very good / carriages
/ of which / then / time / you deem / (end-quote)
Lord, the very best carriages are harnessed. Now do
as you wish.