[550] Now on that occasion King Pasenadi of Kosala, having mounted the elephant Ekapuṇḍarīka, was riding out from Sāvatthī in the middle of the day. King Pasenadi of Kosala saw the venerable Ānanda coming from afar; and having seen him, he addressed the chief minister Sirivaḍḍha: "Friend Sirivaḍḍha, is that not the venerable Ānanda?"
"Yes, great king, that is the venerable Ānanda."
Then King Pasenadi of Kosala addressed a certain man: "Come, good man, go to the venerable Ānanda; and having approached him, pay homage with your head at the venerable Ānanda's feet in my name, saying: 'Venerable sir, King Pasenadi of Kosala pays homage with his head at the venerable Ānanda's feet.' And say this: 'Venerable sir, if the venerable Ānanda has no urgent business, may the venerable Ānanda please wait a moment, out of sympathy.'"
"Yes, sire," that man replied to King Pasenadi of Kosala. He went to the venerable Ānanda; and having approached, he paid homage to the venerable Ānanda and stood to one side. Standing to one side, that man said this to the venerable Ānanda: "Venerable sir, King Pasenadi of Kosala pays homage with his head at the venerable Ānanda's feet, and he says this: 'Venerable sir, if the venerable Ānanda has no urgent business, may the venerable Ānanda please wait a moment, out of sympathy.'"
The venerable Ānanda consented by silence.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.