The Horn-Blower: a past life story

Blow, blow, don’t overblow,*The story is similar to the previous, except here the instrument is a conch or horn, and the father is the overplayer, not the son.for overblowing is bad.*Mil 3.1.4:6.8 discusses what happens when a horn player breathes out too much.By blowing riches were earned,but your blowing dad blew it.*Dhamaṁ is nominative singular. We can capture the pun between dhama (“blowing”) and vidhamī (“squandered it”, “blew it”).

“Dhame dhame nātidhame, atidhantañhi pāpakaṁ; Dhantenādhigatā bhogā, te tāto vidhamī dhaman”ti.

Blow, blow, don’t overblow,*The story is similar to the previous, except here the instrument is a conch or horn, and the father is the overplayer, not the son.“Dhame dhame nātidhame, for overblowing is bad.*Mil 3.1.4:6.8 discusses what happens when a horn player breathes out too much.atidhantañhi pāpakaṁ; By blowing riches were earned,Dhantenādhigatā bhogā, but your blowing dad blew it.*Dhamaṁ is nominative singular. We can capture the pun between dhama (“blowing”) and vidhamī (“squandered it”, “blew it”).te tāto vidhamī dhaman”ti.