The Discourse about the Great Emancipation

The Fourth Chapter for Recitation
down, and the lightning flashed, and the thunder crashed forth, and
not far away from the Decorated House two brothers who were
farmers died, along with four oxen. Then, Pukkusa, a great crowd of
people having departed from Ātumā, went to the place where the
brothers who were farmers and the four oxen had died.
Then, Pukkusa, at that time, after leaving the Decorated House, I was
walking in the open air near the gate to the Decorated House. Then,
Pukkusa, a certain man from that crowd approached me, and after
approaching and worshipping me, he stood on one side. While standing
there, Pukkusa, I said to that man:
‘Why, friend, has that great crowd of people assembled?’
‘Just now, reverend Sir, the Divinities rained down, the Divinities
threw it down, and the lightning flashed, and the thunder crashed
forth, and two brothers who were farmers died, along with four oxen,
and that great crowd of people assembled here. But where were you,
reverend Sir?’
‘I was right here, friend.’
‘But, reverend Sir, did you see (it)?’
‘I did not see, friend.’
also used as a present tense verb. See PED *Dassati p. 316 where examples
are given.
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