Dear Nina,

> Dear Jim and Yong Peng,
> Jim, thank you very much for your help, most useful. I was so
> intrigued by the word abhavissa, especially the 'a'prefix, and saw it
> in Warder. But analysing a sentence like this it is quite complicated.

I agree. This is turning out to be a much more difficult passage than I at
first thought and my earlier suggestions are now in doubt and probably off
the mark. I don't know much about the usage of the conditional verb and
don't have Warder at hand. I checked Duroiselle but it doesn't offer much of
an explanation. The phrases akusala~nca hida.m...pahiiina.m and akusala.m
pahiina.m have me puzzled. How do they function grammatically with the verb
'sa.mvatteyya'? I thought of an accusative absolute but not sure.

Thanks for repeating the text passage.

Best wishes,
Jim