[440] Then King Koravya addressed his gamekeeper: "My good gamekeeper, tidy up the Migācīra pleasure park; we shall go to see the lovely grounds." "Yes, sire," the gamekeeper replied to King Koravya, and while tidying up the Migācīra park he saw the Venerable Raṭṭhapāla seated at the root of a certain tree for the day's abiding. Having seen him, he went to King Koravya and, having approached, said to King Koravya: "Sire, your Migācīra park is tidied; and here there is a clansman named Raṭṭhapāla, the son of the foremost family in this very Thullakoṭṭhita, of whom you have constantly spoken in praise—he is seated at the root of a certain tree for the day's abiding."
"Well then, good gamekeeper, enough of the park grounds for today. Now we shall pay our respects to that worthy Raṭṭhapāla."
Then King Koravya, having said, "Distribute all the food, hard and soft, that has been prepared there," had fine carriages harnessed, mounted a fine carriage, and set out from Thullakoṭṭhita with the fine carriages in great royal pomp to see the Venerable Raṭṭhapāla. Having gone by carriage as far as the ground allowed for carriages, he descended from the carriage and approached the Venerable Raṭṭhapāla on foot, together with the most eminent of his retinue. Having approached, he exchanged greetings with the Venerable Raṭṭhapāla; and when the courteous and memorable talk of greeting was concluded, he stood to one side. Standing to one side, King Koravya said to the Venerable Raṭṭhapāla: "Here, let the worthy Raṭṭhapāla sit upon this wooden mat."
"Enough, great king. You sit; I am seated on my own seat." King Koravya sat down on the seat that had been prepared.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.