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The New Pali Course Part III (1950)
Prof. A. P. Buddhadatta Maha Nayaka Thera

Chapter II Denominative, Onomatopoetic and Desiderative Verbs

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(d) Last two lines: "Though I am hungry I dare not eat (the Naaga) because I respect the brahman's colours."

When the Naaga was chased by a Garu.da the former hid under the cloak of a brahmin hermit. The Garu.da dared not remove the cloak and catch it as he honoured the brahmin.

6. Do not beg of him (something) whose friendship you like to have. One becomes detestful by over-begging.

7. (a) Jigi.msa.m, being desirous to gain.
(b) Bhuutapati, lord of demons.

9. Vaataa...viya, like a palmyra leaf agitated by the wind.

12. If, pure in heart, he befriends even a single being, he becomes a possessor of merit.

12. Durupeta, badly endowed.

13. Ha~n~nati, viha~n~nati, dukkhiiyati, becomes grieved, tormented and miserable.

14. Keva.t.ta, it is because I perceive this danger in the practice of mystic wonders, that I loathe, abhor, and am ashamed thereof.

15. Daddabhaayati, makes the sound 'dad-dad'.

16. Akkhiini me dhuumaayanti, my eyes are emitting smoke, i.e. my eyesight is not clear.

17. (a) Dhuumaayitatta.m, a smoky cloud.
(b) Timiraayitatta.m, a mass of darkness.

ref: http://www.tipitaka.net/pali/synthesis/pali3.00.cdv