[742] Then, in the evening, the Venerable Sāriputta, having emerged from seclusion, approached the Venerable Mahācunda; having approached, he said this to the Venerable Mahācunda: "Come, friend Cunda, let us approach the Venerable Channa to inquire about his illness." "Yes, friend," the Venerable Mahācunda replied to the Venerable Sāriputta.
Then the Venerable Sāriputta and the Venerable Mahācunda approached the Venerable Channa; having approached, they exchanged greetings with the Venerable Channa. When they had concluded their courteous and memorable talk, they sat down at one side. Sitting at one side, the Venerable Sāriputta said this to the Venerable Channa: "Friend Channa, I hope you are bearing up; I hope you are getting along. I hope your painful feelings (vedanā) are subsiding and not increasing, and that their subsiding, not their increasing, is evident."
"Friend Sāriputta, I am not bearing up; I am not getting along. My painful feelings are severe; they are increasing, not subsiding; their increasing, not their subsiding, is evident."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.