[437] Now at that time the Venerable Raṭṭhapāla was eating that stale porridge (kummāsa), left over from the previous night, leaning against a certain wall. Then the Venerable Raṭṭhapāla's father approached the Venerable Raṭṭhapāla; having approached, he said this to the Venerable Raṭṭhapāla: "Can it be, dear Raṭṭhapāla, that you would eat stale porridge left over from the previous night? Should you not go to your own house, dear Raṭṭhapāla?"
"Householder, where could we have a house, we who have gone forth from home into homelessness? We are homeless, householder. We did go to your house, householder; but there we received neither a gift nor a refusal — we received only abuse."
"Come, dear Raṭṭhapāla, let us go to the house."
"Enough, householder; my meal for today is done."
"Then, dear Raṭṭhapāla, consent to accept tomorrow's meal."
The Venerable Raṭṭhapāla consented by silence.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.