Dear Yong Peng,
Op 24-mrt-2010, om 13:49 heeft Ong Yong Peng het volgende geschreven:

> Akusala~nca hida.m, bhikkhave, ...
>
> am I right to have,
>
> hida.m = hi ida.m = (English) surely this.

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N: Yes, I agree.
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>
> Y.P.:Akusala~nca hida.m, bhikkhave, pahiina.m ahitaaya dukkhaaya
> sa.mvatteyya naaha.m eva.m vadeyya.m - 'akusala.m, bhikkhave,
> pajahathaa'ti.
> And, surely (if) this abandoned unwholesome conduct, O monks, would
> lead to harm, to suffering, I would not say thus - 'O monks,
> abandon unwholesome conduct.'
>
> Can I say that 'if', as given in the English sentence, is implied
> by the Optative Attanopada 1st person singular 'vadeyya.m' in the
> Pali?

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N: I would say: the if is implied by the optative sa.mvatteyya. For
the flow of the English I would add 'if'.
Also literally it is: this abandoned unwholesome conduct, but I would
translate as PTS: if this abandoning of unwholesome conduct, O monks,
would lead to harm, ....

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Nina.




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