Pali - Every few days - [C238]
Warder - Exercise 21 (page 176)
Passages for Reading 1 (Part 2 of 4)
khura-pariyantena ce pi cakkena yo imissaa pa.thaviyaa
paa.ne eka-ma.msa-khala.m eka-ma.msa-pu~nja.m kareyya,
by the razor-end / if / too / by the wheel / which /
on this / earth / living beings /
single-flesh-threshing / single-flesh-heap / one would
make
And if, with a razor-sharp wheel, one made the living
beings on this earth, one single threshing and heap of
flesh,
n atthi tato-nidaana.m paapa.m, n atthi paapassa
aagamo.
not / there is / thence-cause / evil / not / there is
/ to evil / coming
there is no evil caused by that, no evil has come.
dakkhi.na~n ce pi Gangaa-tiira.m aagaccheyya hananto
ghaatento chindanto chedaapento pacanto paacento,
south / if / too / Ganges-bank / one would come /
killing / slaying / cutting / causing to be cut /
burning / causing to be burnt
And if one came along the south bank of the Ganges,
killing, slaying, cutting, causing to be cut, burning,
and causing to be burnt,
n atthi tato-nidaana.m paapa.m, n atthi paapassa
aagamo.
not / there is / thence-cause / evil / not / there is
/ to evil / coming
there is no evil caused by that, no evil has come.