Pali - Every few days - [C273]
Warder - Exercise 21 (page 176)
Passages for Reading 2 (Part 33 of 41)
yan nuuna maya.m saali.m vibhajeyyaama, mariyaada.m
.thapeyyaamaa ti.
what if / we / rice / we would divide / boundary / we
would establish / (end-quote)
Why dont we divide the rice and establish
boundaries?
atha kho te Vaase.t.thaa sattaa saali.m vibhaji.msu,
mariyaada.m .thapesu.m.
then / indeed / those / Vasettha (and Bharadvaja) /
beings / rice / they divided / boundary / they
established
Then, Vasettha and Bharadvaja, these beings divided
the rice and established boundaries.
atha kho Vaase.t.thaa a~n~nataro satto lola-jaatiko
saka.m bhaaga.m parirakkhanto a~n~natara.m bhaaga.m
adinna.m aadiyitvaa paribhu~nji.
then / indeed / Vasettha (and Bharadvaja) / a certain
/ being / wanton-nature / own / share / protecting / a
certain / share / not given / having taken / he ate
Then, Vasettha and Bharadvaja, a certain wanton being,
guarding his own share, took the share of another that
hadnt been given and ate it.