Introduction to Pali Exercise 8

[Page 50]

Translate into English:-

aha.m tena samayena raajaa Mahaasudassano ahosi.m
I / at that time / king / Mahasudassana / was
At that time I was the king Mahasudassana

[D.II.196 - xvii.2.14]

daanena n'atthi pu~n~na.m
by giving / not / there is / merit
There is no merit in giving

[D.I.53 - ii.17]

te'ha.m upasa.mkamitvaa eva.m vadaami
them / I / having approached / thus / I say
Having approached them, I say thus

[D.III.28 - xxiv.2.14]

ma.m abhivaadetvaa pakkaami
me / having bid farewell / he left
He bade me farewell and left

[cf. D.I.222 - xi.84]

disvaa eva.m avocumha
having seen / thus / we said
After seeing we said thus

[D.III.39-40 - xxv.7]

di.t.thaa bho satta jiivasi
excellent / honourable / being / you live
Excellent, honourable being, you're alive!

[D.III.73 - xxvi.21]

jaya.m vera.m pasavati
victory / enmity / generates
Victory generates enmity

[D.III.183 - xxxi.11]

braahma.no brahmunaa manteti
Brahmin / with Brahma / consults
The Brahmin consults with Brahma

[D.II.237 - xix.39]

eva.m bho ti
thus / sir
"Yes, sir"

[D.I.236 - xiii.7]

handa vata bho gacchaama
well / indeed / sir / let us go
Well indeed, sir, let's go

[D.III.16 - xxiv.1.19]

kaala.m karonto avoca
time / making / he said
Dying, he said

[D.III.181 - xxxi.2]

raajaa samaano ida.m labhati
king / being / this / he receives
Being a king he receives this

[D.III.146 - xxx.1.5]

jhaana.m jhaayati
absorption / he meditates
He meditates on this absorption

[D.II.238 - xix.41]

maya.m bhagavanta.m sarana.m gacchaama, dhamma~n ca
we / (to) Blessed One / (as) refuge / we go / (to) Dhamma / and
We go to the Blessed One for refuge, and to the Dhamma

[D.II.43 - xiv.3.16]

jiivita.m demi
life / I give
I give life

[D.I.148 - v.28]

Translate into Pali:-

They enter by this gate
pavisanti / iminaa / dvaarena
iminaa dvaarena pavisanti

[D.II.83 - xvi.1.17]

The king, having greeted the fortunate one, sat down
raajaa / abhivaadetvaa / bhagavanta.m / nisiidi
raajaa bhagavanta.m abhivaadetvaa nisiidi

[D.I.50-1 - ii.11]

Having approached (and) greeted the fortunate one, they sat down
upasa.mkamitvaa / abhivaadetvaa / bhagavanta.m / nisiidi.msu
bhagavanta.m upasa.mkamitvaa abhivaadetvaa nisiidi.msu

[D.II.84 - xvi.1.18]

Having approached them I ask these questions
upasa.mkamitvaa / te / pucchaami / ime / pa~nhe
te upasa.mkamitvaa ime pa~nhe pucchaami

[D.xxi.2.7]

Having dressed, taking a bowl I entered the village
nivaasetvaa / aadaaya / patta.m / aha.m / paavisi.m / gaama.m
aha.m nivaasetvaa patta.m aadaaya gaama.m paavisi.m

[D.III.6 - xxiv.1.7]

Gentlemen! Do not say thus
bhonto / maa / avocuttha / eva.m
maa bhonto eva.m avocuttha

[D.I.122 - iv.19]

The honourable Jotipala went forth
bhava.m / Jotipaalo / pabbaji
bhava.m Jotipaalo pabbaji

[D.II.249 - xix.58]

(As he is) going he sees
gaccha.m / passati
gaccha.m passati

[cf. D.III.126-7 - xxxix.16]

I do not take counsel with God
aha.m / na / mantemi / brahmunaa
na'ha.m brahmunaa mantemi

[D.II.237 - xix.39]

He entered the house
paavisi / geha.m
geha.m paavisi

[cf. D.II.85 - xvi.1.22]

He gives a drink
deti / paana.m
paana.m deti

[cf.D.III.258 - xxxiii.3.4]

I do not get food
aha.m / na / labhaami / bhojana.m
n'aha.m bhojana.m labhaami

[cf.D.III.255-6 - xxxiii.3.1(iv)]

He sees the garment
passati / vattha.m
vattha.m passati

[cf. D.II.110 - xvi.3.25]

He is (hoti) satisfied with the resting place
so / hoti / santu.t.tho / senaasanena
so senaasanena santu.t.tho hoti

[D.III.225 - xxxiii.1.11(ix)]

Living beings experience unhappiness
bhuutaa / pa.tisa.mvedenti / dukkha.m
bhuutaa dukkha.m pa.tisa.mvedenti

[D.I.53 - ii.20]

The lay disciples come to the place
upaasakaa / (tena) upasa.mkamanti / yena / padeso
upaasakaa yena padeso ten' upasa.mkamanti

[cf. D.II.84, 87, 198]