Dear Mahinda,

Thank-you very much for taking it further. You have a wonderful way of
explaining such matters in terms that are easy for Pali students to
understand. Now, over the past week I have been going over the
Dhammapada commentary on verses Dhp 153-4 (the Housebuilder verses)
and there is one sentence (on Dhp 153d) that I'm having problems
understanding and was wondering if you could help me with it. I know
you were involved in the translation of the word-by-word commentary on
Dhp, so you seem like the right person to ask. I can post the sentence
in another message and explain what I'm able to make of it so far and
point out the problems I'm having with it.

Regards,
Jim

> Dear Natalie, Nina and Jim,
>
> Natalie asked why not 'khattiye'. Why did she ask this? Probably she

thought

> of the English equivalent: "Mahagovinda approached those Khattiyas."

If Pali