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Exercise 39
Amangaliya Purisaho Kaha1
Ekkahim Nayari Ekku Amangaliu Muddhu Purisu Asi. So Erisu Atthi Jo Ko Vi Pabhāye Taho Muha Pasei, So Bhoyanu Pi Na Lahei. Paurà Vi Paccuse Kayāvi Taho Muhu Na Pikkhahim. Naravaieṁ Vi Amangaliya Purisaho Vaṭṭā Suņia. Parikkhevam Narindem Egaya Pabhāyakāle So Āhūu, Tāsu Muhu Diṭṭhu. Jaiyahuṁ Rāu Bhoyaṇā Uvavisai, Kavalu Ca Muhi Pakkhivai, Taiyahum Ahili Nayare Akamhä Paracakka Bhayem Halabolu Jāu. Tāvehim Naravai Vi Bhoyanu Cayevi Sahasa Uṭṭheviņu Sasennu Nayarahe Bahim Niggau.
Bhaya Kāraṇu Adaṭṭhūṇa Puņu Pacchā Āgau. Samāņu Narindu Cintei Imaho Amangaliyaho Saruvu Maim Paccakkhu Diṭṭhu, Tao Eho Hantavvo. Evam Cinteppi Amangaliya Kokāvieppiņu Vahevaṁ Caṇḍālasu Appei. Jaiyahum Eho Ruvantu, Sakammu Nindantu Caṇḍālem Saha Gacchantu Atthi, Taiyahum Ekku Kāruṇiu Buddhiṇihāņu Vahāhe Neijjamāņu Taṁ Daṭṭhūṇaṁ Kāraṇu Ṇāi Tāsu Rakkhaṇasu Kanni Kimpi Kaheppiņu Uvāya Dansei. Harisantu Jāvehiṁ Vahassu Thambhi Thaviu Tavehim Caṇḍālu Tam Pucchai - Jivanu Viņā Tau Kāvi Iccha Hoi, Tayā Maggiyavvä. So Kahei - Mahu Narinda Muha Dansana Iccha Atthi. Tayā So Narinda Samivaṁ Āṇīu. Narindu Tam Pucchai - Ethu Agamaṇa Kim Paoyaṇu?
1. This story has been translated from Präkrța into Apabhraṁśa. In fact, the prose does not exist in Apabhramsa.
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