[423] Then, Aggivessana, this occurred to me: "Why should I not practice cutting off food altogether?" Then, Aggivessana, deities approached me and said: "Good sir, do not practice cutting off food altogether. If, good sir, you practice cutting off food altogether, we shall infuse divine nutritive essence (ojā) into you through your pores, and by that you will sustain yourself." Then, Aggivessana, this occurred to me: "If I were to claim to be fasting altogether, while these deities infused divine nutritive essence into me through my pores, and I were to sustain myself by that, that would be a lie on my part." So, Aggivessana, I refused those deities, saying: "Enough."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.