Pali - Every few days - [C277]
Warder - Exercise 21 (page 176)
Passages for Reading 2 (Part 37 of 41)
atha kho te Vaase.t.thaa sattaa sannipati.msu,
sannipatitvaa anutthuni.msu, paapakaa vata bho dhammaa
sattesu paatubhuutaa,
then / indeed / these / Vasettha (and Bharadvaja) /
beings / they assembled / having assembled / they
lamented / evil / alas! / friend / things / among
beings / appeared
Then, Vasettha and Bharadvaja, these beings assembled
and lamented, Alas! Evil things have appeared among
us.
yatra hi naama adinn-aadaana.m pa~n~naayati, garahaa
pa~n~naayati, musaa-vaado pa~n~naayati,
da.n.daa-daana.m pa~n~naayati,
in as much as / not given-taking / is discerned /
accusation / is discerned / false-speech / is
discerned / stick-giving / is discerned
Since theft has appeared, accusation has appeared,
lying has appeared, and punishment has appeared,
yan nuuna maya.m eka.m satta.m sammanneyyaama.
what if / we / one / being / we would elect
why dont we elect one being among us
so no sammaa-khiiyitabba.m khiiyeyya,
sammaa-garahitabba.m garaheyya, sammaapabbaajetabba.m
pabbaajeyya.
he / for us / rightly-ought to be indignant / he would
be indignant / rightly-ought to be accused / he would
acccuse / rightly-ought to be banished / he would
banish
who would become indignant over what rightly ought to
cause indignation, accuse whomever rightly ought to be
accused, and banish whomever rightly ought to be
banished.
maya.m pan assa saaliina.m bhaaga.m anuppadassaamaa
ti.
we / moreover / to him / rice / share / we will grant
/ (end-quote)
Moreover we would grant to him a share of the rice.