Pali - Every few days - [C240]
Warder - Exercise 21 (page 176)
Passages for Reading 1 (Part 4 of 4)
daanena damena sa.myamena sacca-vajjena n atthi
pu~n~na.m, natthi pu~n~nassa aagamo ti.
ittha.m kho me bhante Puura.no Kassapo sandi.t.thika.m
saama~n~naphala.m pu.t.tho samaano akiriya.m
vyaakaasi.
by giving / by restraint / by self-control / by
truth-telling / not / there is / merit / not / there
is / to merit / coming / (end-quote)
There is no merit, nor coming to merit, through
giving, restraint, self-control, or telling the truth.
ittha.m kho me bhante Puura.no Kassapo sandi.t.thika.m
saama~n~na-phala.m pu.t.tho samaano akiriya.m
vyaakaasi.
in this way / indeed / to me / venerable sir / Purana
Kassapa / visible here and now / asceticism-fruit /
asked / same / non-doing / he explained
Thus, Venerable Sir, when asked in the same way by me
about the fruits of the ascetic life, Purana Kassapa
explained non-action.
[D.I.52-3 ii.(Saama~n~naphala).17-18]