2. NaccajātakaDancing: a past life story
“Rudaṁ manuññaṁ rucirā ca piṭṭhi, veḷuriyavaṇṇūpanibhā ca gīvā;
rucirā → ruciyā (bj) | ruciyā → rudhiyā (bj: machasaṁ) veḷuriyavaṇṇūpanibhā → vaṇṇūpaṭibhā (sya1ed, sya2ed); vaṇṇasannibhā (mr) | veḷuriyavaṇṇūpanibhā → veḷuriyaṇṇupanibhā (bj); veḷuriyavaṇṇūpaṭibhā (sya-all) | ca → veḷuriya vaṇṇasantibhā ca (bj: machasaṁ) | veḷuriyavaṇṇūpanibhā → vaṇṇūpaṭibhā (cck: syā.); vaṇṇasannibhā (cck: ka.)Your cry is sweet, your back brilliant, your neck the color of sapphire, Byāmamattāni ca pekhuṇāni, naccena te dhītaraṁ no dadāmī”ti.
pekhuṇāni → pekkhuṇāni (bj: syā)and your feathers a full fathom long; still, because of your dancing, I will not give you my daughter.