1."Ayam A'ngulimaalassa maataa 'A'ngulimaala.m aanessaamii' ti
gacchati; sace samaagamissati A'ngulimaalo a'ngulisahassa.m
puuressaamii ti maatara.m maaressati. Sacaaha.m na gamissaami,
mahaajaaniko abhavissa."[Byaakara.na ga.ntha-sa'ngaho,
Saddaniitippakara.na.m (padamaalaa), 3. Paki.n.nakavinicchaya]
this person / [of] A'ngulimaala / mother / A'ngulimaala / will fetch /
goes / if / will meet / A'ngulimaala / 1000 fingers / I will complete
/ mother / will kill / if I / not / will go / undergone a great loss /
he would have been
The mother of A'ngulimaala goes thinking "I will fetch A'ngulimaala";
if she meets him, A'ngulimaala thinking "I will collect 1000 fingers"
will kill her. If I don't go, he would have undergone a great loss.
2."Sace hi aya.m pa.thama-vaye bhoge akhepetvaa kammante payojayissaa,
imasmi.m yeva nagare aggase.t.thii abhavissaa; sace pana nikkhamitvaa
pabbajissa, arahata.m paapu.nissa." Dh. A. iii. 131.
[Dhammapada-a.t.thakathaa, 11. Jaraavaggo, 9.
Mahaadhanase.t.thiputtavatthu]
if / this person / [in] first age / wealth / having not wasted / [in]
business / if he had engaged / having given / [in] this very / [in]
city / principal treasurer / would have become / if / but / having
gone out / had become a monk / arahantship / would have attained
If in youth this person had not wasted his wealth and engaged in
business he would have become the principal treasurer of this very
city; if having retreated from the world he had become a monk, he
would have attained arahantship.
3."Sacaaya.m, bhikkhave, raajaa pitara.m dhammika.m dhammaraajaana.m
jiivitaa na voropessatha, imasmi.m yeva aasane viraja.m viitamala.m
dhammacakkhu uppajjissatha." D. i. 86. [Diighanikaayo,
Siilakkhandhavaggapaa.li, 2. Saama~n~naphalasutta.m,
Ajaatasattu-upaasakattapa.tivedanaa]
if this person / monks / king / father / righteous / king of
righteousness / [from] life / not / had deprived of / in this very /
[in] seat / free from defilement / stainless / eye of Dhamma / would
have born
If the king, monks, had not deprived his father king of
righteousness of his life, the pure and free of defilement eye of
Dhamma would have arisen in him.
4."Se.t.thii : 'sace me dhiitaa jaayissati, taaya na.m saddhi.m
nivEsetvaa se.t.thi.t.thaanassa saamika.m karissaami; sace me putto
jaayissati, maaressaami nan' ti cintetvaa ta.m gehe kaaresi." Dh. A.
i. 175. [Dhammapada-a.t.thakathaa, 2. Appamaadavaggo, 1.
Saamaavatiivatthu]
treasurer / if / [to] me / daughter / will be born / [with] her / him
/ with / having established / treasurer of the place / owner / will
do / if / [to] me / son / will be born / will kill / him / having
thought / houses / built
The rich man having thought: "If I have a daughter, I will marry him
with her and I will make him the owner of my properties; if I have a
son, I will kill him", he built him houses.
5."Satta vassaani Bhagavanta.m
Anubandhi.m padaa pada.m
Otaara.m naadhigacchissa.m
Sambuddhassa satiimato." S.N. 446. [Khuddakanikaaye,
Suttanipaatapaa.li, 3. Mahaavaggo, 2. Padhaanasutta.m]
seven / years / Buddha
chased / step by step
chance / I would not have found
[of] Omniscient One / [of] thoughtful
I chased the Buddha step by step for 7 years
But I didn't find a chance [to see some faults] in the mindful
Omniscient One.
6."Suraameraya-paana~n ca
Yo naro anuyu~njati,
Idh' evameso lokasmi.m
Muula.m kha.nati attano." Dhp. 247.
drinking alcoholic beverages / and
whoever / person / practice
here / only / this / [in] world
root / digs out / oneself
And whoever indulges in drinking alcoholic beverages
He digs out his own roots in this world itself
7.Ara~n~ne ko.t.thake bandhitvaa mige rundhitvaa maaretvaa ma.msa.m
vikki.nitvaa jiivantaa luddakaa anaagate sukha.m na vindanti.
[in] forest / [in] enclosure / having captured / deer / having trapped
/ having killed / meat / having sold / living on / hunters / [in]
future / happiness / no / enjoy
Having captured and trapped deer in an enclosure in a forest, having
killed them and sold their meat, hunters living on it won't enjoy
happiness in the future.
8.Go.no bandhanaa mu~ncitvaa udaka.m paatukaamo gha.tassa samiipa.m
gantvaa ta.m paadena bhindi.
ox / [from] bound / having released / here / water / wishing to drink
/ [of] water-pot / close / having gone / it / [with] foot / broke
Wishing to drink water from the water-pot, the ox released itself from
its bound, went close to it and broke it with its foot.
9."Bhante, ima.m udaka.m daarakassa siise aasi~ncaami" ti pucchitvaa
tena 'si~ncathaa' ti vutte tathaa kari.msu. Devataa taavad eva ta.m
mu~ncitvaa le.nadvaare a.t.thaasi. Dh. A. iv. 171.
[Dhammapada-a.t.thakathaa, 26. Braahma.navaggo, 21.
Pabbhaaravaasiitissattheravatthu]
Venerable / this / water / [of] boy / [on] head / pour over / having
asked / if it is so/ pour / said / in that way / did / deity /
instantly / it / having released / [in] entrance of cave / stood
She asked "Venerable, may we pour this water on the boy's head?". He
replied "Pour it!". They did as he said. The deity released him
instantly and stood at the entrance of the cave.
10."Aya~n hi diipobhaasa.m vaa aggi-obhaasa.m vaa adisvaa ma.niaaloken
'eva bhu~njati ca nipajjati ca nisiidati ca; devo pana diipaalokena
nisinno bhavissatii ti."Dh. A. iv. 213. [Dhammapada-a.t.thakathaa,
26. Braahma.navaggo, 33. Ja.tilattheravatthu]
this / light of candle / or / light of fire / or / having not seen /
[with] light of gems / only / eats / and / lies down / sits down / and
/ king / but / [with] light of lamp / sat down / will be
Having not seen the light of a candle or the light of a fire, he only
eats or sleeps or sits by the light of gems; but the king will sit
down by the light of a lamp.