Dear Johnny,

can you explain what you mean by a "rhetorical particle"? Thank you.

metta,
Yong Peng.

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, johnny pruitt wrote:

Could we focus on the phrase "and what (is) that which I myself". Does
the word "ta.m" mean "therefore"? Possibly the the "ki.m" is just
used as a retorical particle indicating the desire to make someone
think about the following dialouge.

However I am stumped by the "ya"; could it be connected to the "ki.m"
somehow? This seems like an idiomatic phrase, therefore any coherency
we could make of it may be deceptive.


> My understanding of "Ki~nca ta.m yaaha.m ..." is "And is there
> any reason that I...".
>
> Therefore,
>
> And what (is) that which I myself would not be reborn in a state
> of woe...
>
> means
>
> And is there any reason that I myself would not be reborn in a state
> of woe...