Pali - Every few days - [C252]
Warder - Exercise 21 (page 176)
Passages for Reading 2 (Part 12 of 41)
badaalataaya antarahitaaya sannipati.msu,
sannipatitvaa anutthuni.msu, ahu vata no, ahaayi vata
no badaalataa ti.
of the creeper / of the earth / by the disappearance /
they assembled / having assembled / they lamented / it
was / alas / for us / it is gone / alas / for us /
creeper / (end-quote)
On account of the disappearance of the creeper, they
assembled together, and lamented, Oh, alas! Oh, alas!
We had the creeper and now it is gone!
tad etarahi pi manussaa kena cid eva dukkha-dhammena
phu.t.thaa evam aaha.msu: ahu vata no, ahaayi vata no
ti.
so / now / too / people / whoever / surely / by
bad-thing / touched / thus / they say / it was / alas
/ for us / it is gone / alas / for us / (end-quote)
So even now, people say on experiencing something bad,
Oh, alas! Oh, alas! We had it and now it is gone!
tad eva poraa.na.m agga~n~na.m akkhara.m anupatanti,
na tv ev assa attha.m aajaananti.
so / surely / ancient tradition / primary / expression
/ they follow / not / even / of it / meaning / they
understand
and they follow an ancient primeval tradition without
even understanding its meaning.