Pali - Every few days - [C241]
Warder - Exercise 21 (page 176)
Passages for Reading 2 (Part 1 of 41)
atha kho te Vaase.t.thaa sattaa rasa-pa.thavi.m
paribhu~njantaa ta.m-bhakkhaa tad-aahaaraa cira.m
diigham addhaana.m a.t.tha.msu.
then / indeed / these / Vasettha (and Bharadvaja) /
beings / essence-earth / eating / this-feeding /
that-food / for a long time / long / period / they
stayed
Then, Vasettha and Bharadvaja, these beings remained
eating this earth-essence and feeding on it as their
food for a very long time.
yathaa yathaa kho te Vaase.t.thaa sattaa
rasa-pa.thavi.m paribhu~njantaa ta.m-bhakkhaa
tad-aahaaraa cira.m diigham addhaana.m a.t.tha.msu,
in as much as / indeed / these / Vasettha (and
Bharadvaja) / beings / essence-earth / relishing /
this-feeding on / that-food / for a long time / long /
period / they remained
And, Vasettha and Bharadvaja, as these beings remained
relishing this earth-essence and feeding on it as
their food for a very long time,
tathaa tathaa tesa.m sattaana.m kharatta~n c eva
kaayasmi.m okkami, va.n.na-veva.n.nataa ca
pa~n~naayittha.
just so / to these / to the beings / roughness / and /
just / in the body / developed / colour-discolouration
/ and / were discerned
thus a coarseness developed in their bodies and good
and bad-looking appeared.