Pali - Every few days - [C263]
Warder - Exercise 21 (page 176)
Passages for Reading 2 (Part 23 of 41)
atha kho so Vaase.t.thaa satto tassa sattassa
di.t.thaanugati.m aapajjamaano saali.m aahaasi sakid
eva catuhaaya, evam pi kira bho saadhuu ti.
then / indeed / this / Vasettha (and Bharadvaja) /
being / of that / being / seen-imitation / acquiring /
rice / gathered / once / just / for four days / thus /
too / really / sir / good / (end-quote)
Then, Vasettha and Bharadvaja, this being in imitation
of the view of the other being gathered rice just once
for four days, thinking, Friend, this is a really
good idea.
atha kho Vaase.t.thaa a~n~nataro satto yena so satto
ten upasankami, upasankamitvaa ta.m satta.m
etadavoca:
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 catuhaayaa
ti.
enough / friend / being / gathered / by me / rice /
once / just / for four days / (end-quote)
he replied, No, friend, enough rice has already been
gathered by me for four days.