An Elementary Pali Course
Selections for Translation
Dear friends,
please help with the words 'niite' and 'yajjeta.m', and the
compound 'soha.m'. Many thanks in advance.
Passage 2: Paaniiyadinnassa Vatthu, The Story of the Giver of Water
(3/3)
Ra~n~naa kasmaa bha.ne corakamma makaasiiti pucchito naaha.m deva
coro, aagantukomhiiti vutte
from king / why / I say / thief-work / do not do / asked / not-I /
lord / thief / visitor-but / said
Asked by the king, "Why? I say, do not steal!", (he) said, "Lord, I
am not a thief but a visitor."
raajaa core pariyesitvaa alabhanto ayameva coro, ima.m maarethaati
aa.naapesi.
king / on thief / having searched / not obtaining / this-so / thief /
him / execute / ordered
The king, searching the thief and not recovering (the treasures),
ordered, "This (is) the thief so. Execute him."
Raajapurisehi ta.m gaa.lha.m bandhitvaa aaghaatana.m niite saa itthii
ta.m tathaa niiyamaana.m disvaa sa~njaanitvaa kampamaanahadayaa
muhuttena ra~n~no santika.m gantvaa vanditvaa deva eso na coro
aagantuko mu~ncatheta.m devaati aaha.
by guards / him / tightly / having bound / place of execution / ??? /
that / woman / him / there / being led / having seen / having
recognised / trembling-from heart / in a moment / of king / in the
presence of / having gone / having saluted / lord / this / not /
thief / foreigner / let...release-him / lord / said
Raajaa tassaa katha.m asaddahanto yajjeta.m mocetumicchasi.
king / her / word(s) / not believing / ??? / to release-wished
Tassagghanaka.m dhana.m datvaa mu~ncaapehiiti,
of it-having the value of / treasure(s) / having given / let...cause
to be free
"May (you) give treasures having the value of it, and cause (him) to
be free."
saa saami mama gehe dhana.m natthi.
she / my lord / my / in house / treasure(s) / there is no
She, "My lord, there is no treasures in my house.
Apica mama sattaputtehi saddhi.m ma.m daasi.m karohi,
further / my / sons / with / me / maid servant / let...make
But, make me, with my sons, (your) servants.
eta.m mu~nca devaati aaha.
him / let...release / lord / said
May (you) release him, lord." said.
Passage 3: Duggatassa Daana.m (A Pauper's Charity) (1/2)
Ahosi.m duggato pubbe, baaraa.nasiipuruttame;
I was / poor man / in previous life / in greatest city of Benares
I was a poor man in the greatest city of Benares in the previous life.
daana.m denti naraa tattha, nimantetvaana bhikkhavo.
alms / give / men / there / having invited / monks
There, men invite monks and give alms.
Jiivanto bhatiyaa soha.m, daana.m dente mahaajane;
living / by wages / ??? / alms / giving / large crowd
tu.t.thaha.t.the pamudite, eva.m cintesaha.m tadaa.
pleased and delighted / rejoiced / thus / thought-I / then
pleased, delighted and rejoice. Then I thought thus,