[669] "Indeed, brahmin, I have no fourteen oxen
that have gone unseen now for sixty days;
therefore, brahmin, I am happy.
Indeed, brahmin, I have no blighted sesame plants in the field,
with but one leaf or two;
therefore, brahmin, I am happy.
Indeed, brahmin, I have no mice in an empty granary
dancing about with frisky abandon;
therefore, brahmin, I am happy.
#1 In the Ma. (Burmese) and Yu. (European) editions the reading throughout is "na hi".
Indeed, brahmin, I have no bedding of seven months' use
covered all over with vermin;
therefore, brahmin, I am happy.
Indeed, brahmin, I have no widowed daughters and sons,
some with one child, some with two;
therefore, brahmin, I am happy.
Indeed, brahmin, I have no tawny woman blotched with moles
who strikes me with her foot as I sleep;
therefore, brahmin, I am happy.
Indeed, brahmin, no creditors at daybreak
press me, crying, 'Give, give!';
therefore, brahmin, I am happy."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.