Pali - Every few days - [C261]
Warder - Exercise 21 (page 176)
Passages for Reading 2 (Part 21 of 41)
atha kho so Vaase.t.thaa satto saali.m aahaasi sakid
eva saayapaataraasaaya.
then / indeed / this / Vasettha (and Bharadvaja) /
being / rice / brought / once / just /
evening-morning-meal
And so, Vasettha and Bharadvaja, this being gathered
rice just once for both the evening and morning meals.
atha kho Vaase.t.thaa a~n~nataro satto yena so satto
ten upasankami; upasankamitvaa ta.m satta.m etad
avoca:
then / indeed / Vasettha (and Bharadvaja) / a certain
/ being / towards / this / being / there / he
approached / having approached / to that / being /
this / he said
And later when another being came up to this being and
said to him,
ehi bho satta saal-aahaara.m gamissaamaa ti.
come / sir / being / rice-gathering / let us go /
(end-quote)
Come on, friend, lets go rice gathering,
ala.m bho satta aahato me saali sakid eva
saayapaataraasaayaa ti.
enough / friend / being / gathered / by me / rice /
once / just / evening-morning-meal / (end-quote)
he replied, No, friend, enough rice has already been
gathered by me for both the evening and morning
meals.