More Pali - Every few days - [C218]
Warder - Exercise 20 (page 164)
Passages for Reading 2 (Part 6 of 17)
braahma.naa va brahmuno puttaa orasaa mukhato jaataa
Brahmaa-jaa Brahmaa-nimmitaa Brahmaa-daayaadaa.
brahmins / just / of Brahma / sons / legitimate / from
the mouth / born / Brahma-born / Brahma-created /
Brahma-heirs
only brahmins are the legitimate sons of Brahma,
sprung from his mouth, born from Brahma, created by
Brahma, heirs of Brahma.
te tumhe se.t.tha.m va.n.na.m hitvaa hiinam attha
va.n.na.m ajjhupagataa,
you / you / best / caste / having abandoned / inferior
/ you are / caste / reached
You, you have abandoned the best caste and have joined
an inferior caste,
yadida.m mu.n.dake sama.nake ibbhe ka.nhe
bandhu-paad-aapacce ti.
that is / shaven-headed / recluses / servants / dark /
kinsman(Brahma)-foot-offspring / (end-quote)
that is the shaven-headed recluses, these servile,
dark, offspring from Brahmas foot.
eva.m kho no bhante braahma.naa akkosanti ti.
thus / indeed / us /reverend sir / the brahmins /
abuse / (end-quote)
Thus, reverend sir, do the brahmins abuse us.