[539] Then Queen Mallikā addressed the brahmin Nāḷijaṅgha: "Come, brahmin, go to the Blessed One, and having approached, pay homage in my name with your head at the Blessed One's feet, and ask whether he is free from affliction, free from illness, light in movement, strong, and dwelling in comfort, saying: 'Venerable sir, Queen Mallikā pays homage with her head at the Blessed One's feet, and asks whether he is free from affliction, free from illness, light in movement, strong, and dwelling in comfort.' And say this: 'Venerable sir, was this utterance spoken by the Blessed One: "Sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, and despair are born from what is dear, arise from what is dear"?' As the Blessed One answers you, remember it well and report it to me; for Tathāgatas do not speak falsely."
"Yes, madam," the brahmin Nāḷijaṅgha replied to Queen Mallikā, and he went to the Blessed One; having approached, he exchanged greetings with the Blessed One, and when the courteous and memorable talk was concluded, he sat down at one side. Sitting at one side, the brahmin Nāḷijaṅgha said to the Blessed One: "Master Gotama, Queen Mallikā pays homage with her head at the feet of Master Gotama, and asks whether he is free from affliction, free from illness, light in movement, strong, and dwelling in comfort. And she says this: 'Venerable sir, was this utterance spoken by the Blessed One: "Sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, and despair are born from what is dear, arise from what is dear"?'" "So it is, brahmin, so it is, brahmin! For, brahmin, sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, and despair are born from what is dear, arise from what is dear. And it may be understood by this method also, brahmin, how sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, and despair are born from what is dear, arise from what is dear."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.