Dear Yong Peng,

>12. "Attano saamike... disvaa citta.m ekagga.m na bhaveyya, tena

magga-phalaani pattu.m na >sakku.neyyu.m; tasmaa acalasaddhaaya
pati.t.thitakaale taasa.m te bhikkhuu arahatta.m patte dassesi." >[Ibid.
ii,125]

I believe sāmike is in the accus. plural and attano refers to the women, i. e.  the bhikkhus' former
wives (although I'm not sure why it's gen. singular; I would have expected attaana.m ). so I think it means, "After seeing their husbands (with shaven heads and wearing the robe),  their mind
might not become one pointed, and they therefore (tena) would not be able to attain the
fruits of the path. - Therefore, at the established time, when their faith was unshakeable (saddhaaya, not saddaaya), he [the Teacher] showed them (taasa.m, dat. plural) the bhikkhus who
had achieved arahat-hood."


bhikkhuu is in the acccus. plural as is patte, which modifies it, object of dassesi, cause verb, "cause to see or "show". the acalasaddhaaya would normally apply to the teacher (subject of dessesi) but here seems to apply to the women. What do you think?


Metta, Bryan

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From: Ong Yong Peng <palismith@...>
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The New Pali Course Part III (1950)

Prof. A. P. Buddhadatta Maha Nayaka Thera



Chapter IV Analysis of Sentences



12. "Attano saamike... disvaa citta.m ekagga.m na bhaveyya, tena magga-phalaani pattu.m na sakku.neyyu.m; tasmaa acalasaddhaaya pati.t.thitakaale taasa.m te bhikkhuu arahatta.m patte dassesi." [Ibid. ii,125]



YP: "In own master... having seen, the mind would not become one-pointed, (they) would not be able to attain by the fruits of the path with that; therefore, with unshakable faith at the established time ?for them?, those monks paid homage to (those who) attained arahatship.



YP: patta (pp) attained.



13. "Appakaa te manussesu ye janaa paaragaamino;

Athaaya.m itaraa pajaa tiira.m evaanudhaavati." [Dhp.v.85]



YP: "Few (are) those among men who (are) people going beyond;

And this other world [group] just drifts along the shore."



YP: For declension of gaamin, see Warder Lesson 18.

YP: athaaya.m = atha aya.m

YP: evaanudhaavati = eva anu dhaavati



14. "Saa vejjen'aagantvaa 'Kiidisa.m, bhadde', ti pu.t.thaa: 'Pubbe me akkhiini thoka.m ruji.msu, idaani atirekatara.m rujantii'ti aaha." [DhA.i,21]



YP: "Having come (to) and asked by the doctor, 'How (are you), lady?': She said, 'Earlier, (they) hurt my eyes a little, now (they) hurt very much more.'"



YP: atirekatara = atireka + tara: very much more.



* Feel free to try translating the Pali sentences below. *



15. "Yena yena subhikkhaani, sivaanii abhayaani ca,

Tena, puttaka, gacchassu; maa sokaapahato bhava." [Theg.v.82]



16. "Yatth'eko labhate babbu, dutiyo tattha jaayati." [J.i,477-480] (Babbu)



Glossary Group 15



11. Pubbe here means "previous births".



12. (a) Ekagga, one-pointed; concentrated.

(b) Acala-saddhaa, unshakable faith.



13. There are only few persons amongst men who go to the thither shore; the rest of the mankind run about on the hither shore.



15. "To any place where alms are easily got, wherever it is safe and free from danger, go thou, my boy; vex not thy life with care."



16. Wherever a cat gets its prey a second one comes thither.



* As discussed previously, we now put the exercise examples and glossaries together to encourage participation. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali/message/15202



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



























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