Dear Nina and friends,

thanks. The sentence is corrected as:

"This is the most eminent, monks, first among those of the upasakas,
my disciples, going to the refuge: it is the merchants Tapussa and
Bhallika.

Thanks also for the other suggestions, I shall reflect them, where
appropriate, in future postings.


metta,
Yong Peng.

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, Nina van Gorkom wrote:

> 1. "Etadagga.m, bhikkhave, mama saavakaana.m upaasakaana.m
> pa.thama.m sara.na.m gacchantaana.m yadida.m tapussabhallikaa
> vaa.nijaa."

> "This is the most eminent, monks, among those of the upasakas, my
> disciples, going to the first refuge: it is the merchants Tapussa
> and Bhallika.

N: PTS has: who first took refuge. (see end).