[442] "Worthy Raṭṭhapāla, what is decay due to old age (jarāpārijuñña)? Worthy Raṭṭhapāla, here a certain person is aged, old, elderly, advanced in years, come to the last stage of life. He reflects thus: 'I am now aged, old, elderly, advanced in years, come to the last stage of life. It is not easy for me to acquire wealth not yet acquired, or to increase wealth already acquired. Suppose I were to shave off my hair and beard, put on the ochre robes, and go forth from the household life into homelessness.' Possessed of that decay due to old age, he shaves off his hair and beard, puts on the ochre robes, and goes forth from the household life into homelessness. This, worthy Raṭṭhapāla, is called decay due to old age. But the worthy Raṭṭhapāla is now young, a youth, with jet-black hair, endowed with the blessing of youth, in the first stage of life. The worthy Raṭṭhapāla has no such decay due to old age. What has the worthy Raṭṭhapāla known, or seen, or heard, that he has gone forth from the household life into homelessness?"
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.