Then he thought this: These royal courts (are) not
easy to live upon without-a-profession (ins.:
with-a-non-profession).
atha kho / jiivakassa komaarabhaccassa / ahosi / etad
/ imaani (kho) / raaja-kulaani / na / sukaraani /
upajiivitu.m / asippena
atha kho jiivakassa komaarabhaccassa etadahosi: imaani
kho raajakulaani na sukaraani asippena upajiivitu.m.
Supposing I were to learn (opt.) a profession?
ya.mnuuna / aha.m sikkheyya.m / sippa.m (iti)
ya.mnuunaaha.m sippa.m sikkheyyanti.
Now at that time there dwelt (present tense) in
Takkasilaa a doctor
who-was-the-foremost-of-(all)-regions.
pana (kho) / tena / samayena / pa.tivasati /
takkasilaaya.m / vejjo / disaa-paamokkho
tena kho pana samayena takkasilaaya.m disaapaamokkho
vejjo pa.tivasati.