More Pali - Every few days - [C217]
Warder - Exercise 20 (page 164)
Passages for Reading 2 (Part 5 of 17)
yathaakatha.m pana vo Vaase.t.thaa braahma.naa
akkosanti paribhaasanti attaruupaaya paribhaasaaya
paripu.n.naaya no aparipu.n.naayaa ti.
how / then / you / Vasettha (and Bharadvaja) / the
brahmins / abuse / defame / yourselves / with defame /
full / not / not-full / (end-quote)
How then, Vasettha and Bharadvaja, do the brahmins
abuse and defame you to the point that you are
completely full of abuse?
braahma.naa bhante, evam aaha.msu:
the brahmins / reverend sir / thus / say
Reverend sir, the brahmins, say this:
braahma.no va se.t.tho va.n.no, hiino a~n~no va.n.no;
brahmin / just / best / caste / inferior / other /
caste
The brahmin caste is the best, others are inferior;
braahma.no va sukko va.n.no, ka.nho a~n~no va.n.no;
brahmin / just / best / caste / inferior / other /
caste
the brahmin caste is fair, others are dark;
braahma.naa va sujjhanti no abraahma.naa;
brahmin / just / best / caste / inferior / other /
caste
brahmins are purified, non-brahmins are not;