More Pali - Every few days - [C219]
Warder - Exercise 20 (page 164)
Passages for Reading 2 (Part 7 of 17)
taggha vo Vaase.t.thaa braahma.naa poraa.na.m
asarantaa evam aaha.msu.
certainly / you / Vasettha (and Bharadvaja) / the
brahmins / ancient tradition / not remembering / thus
/ they say
Then certainly, Vasettha and Bharadvaja, the brahmins
saying thus are not remembering their ancient
tradition.
dissanti kho pana Vaase.t.thaa braahma.naana.m
braahma.niyo gabbhiniyo pi vijaayamaana pi,
they will see / indeed / then / Vasettha (and
Bharadvaja) / of brahmins / brahmin women / pregnant /
too / giving birth / too
Indeed, Vasettha and Bharadvaja, they too see brahmin
women pregnant and giving birth.
te ca braahma.naa yoni-jaa va samaanaa evam aaha.msu.
these / and / brahmins / womb-born / yet / same / thus
/ they said
And yet these brahmins similarly born from a womb said
thus.
te ca brahmaa.na~n c eva abbhaacikkhanti musaa ca
bhaasanti bahu~n ca apu~n~na.m pasavanti.
they / Brahma / and / just / they slander / false /
and / they speak / much / and / demerit / they earn
And they slander Brahma and speak falsely and earn
much demerit.