Pali - Every few days - [C246]
Warder - Exercise 21 (page 176)
Passages for Reading 2 (Part 6 of 41)
atha kho te Vaase.t.thaa sattaa bhuumi-pappa.taka.m
upakkami.msu paribhu~njitu.m.
then / indeed / these / Vasettha (and Bharadvaja) /
beings / earth-fungus / they began / to eat
So, Vasettha and Bharadvaja, these beings began to eat
the earth-fungus,
te ta.m paribhu~njantaa ta.m-bhakkhaa tad-aahaaraa
cira.m diigha.m addhaana.m a.t.tha.msu.
these / this / relishing / this-feeding on / this-food
/ for a long time / long period / they remained
and, relishing it they remained feeding on this food
for a very long time.