Pali - Every few days - [C251]
Warder - Exercise 21 (page 176)
Passages for Reading 2 (Part 11 of 41)
atha kho te Vaase.t.thaa sattaa badaalata.m
upakkami.msu paribhu~njitu.m.
then / indeed / these / Vasettha (and Bharadvaja) /
beings / creeper / they began / to eat
So, Vasettha and Bharadvaja, these beings began to eat
the creeper,
te ta.m paribhu~njantaa tam-bhakkhaa tad-aahaaraa
cira.m diigham 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.
yathaa yathaa kho te Vaase.t.thaa sattaa badaalata.m
paribhu~njantaa ta.m-bhakkhaa tad-aahaaraa . pe.
in as much as / indeed / these / Vasettha (and
Bharadvaja) / beings / creeper / relishing /
this-feeding on / that-food / etc.
And, Vasettha and Bharadvaja, as these beings remained
relishing this creeper and feeding on it as their food
... etc.