More Pali - Every few days - [C220]
Warder - Exercise 20 (page 164)
Passages for Reading 2 (Part 8 of 17)
cattaaro' me Vaase.t.thaa, va.n.naa, khattiyaa
braahma.naa vessaa suddaa.
four / these / Vasettha (and Bharadvaja) / castes /
noble / brahmin / merchants / workers
There are, Vasettha and Bharadvaja, these four castes:
the nobles, the brahmins, the merchants, and the
workers.
khattiyo pi kho Vaase.t.thaa, idh ekacco
paa.n-aatipaatii hoti, adinn-aadaayii hoti, kaamesu
micch-aacaarii hoti, musaa-vaadii hoti, pisu.naa-vaaco
hoti, pharusaa-vaaco hoti, sampha-ppalaapii hoti,
abhijjhaaluu hoti, vyaapanna-citto hoti,
micchaa-di.t.thi hoti.
noble / too / indeed / Vasettha (and Bharadvaja) /
here / sometimes / living beings-slayer / is / what is
not given-taker / is / in sensual pleasures /
wrong-conduct / is / false-speech / is /
malicious-speech / harsh-speech / gossip-nonsense / is
/ covetous / is / malevolent-mind / is / wrong-view /
is
Vasettha and Bharadvaja, sometimes a noble too is one
who slays living beings, takes what is not given,
indulges in sexual misconduct, speaks falsely, speaks
maliciously, speaks harshly, indulges in idle chatter,
is covetous, malevolent, or one with wrong view.
braahma.no pi kho Vaase.t.thaa, pe. vesso pi. pe.
suddo pi. pe.
micchaa-di.t.thii hoti.
brahmin / too / indeed / Vasettha (and Bharadvaja) /
etc. / merchant / too / etc. / worker / too / etc. /
wrong-view / is
Vasettha and Bharadvaja, sometimes a brahmin too a
merchant too a worker too one with wrong view.