[1548] Setting at Sāvatthī. Now on that occasion the householder Anāthapiṇḍika was afflicted, suffering, gravely ill. Then the householder Anāthapiṇḍika addressed a certain man: "Come, good man, go to the Venerable Sāriputta; having approached, pay homage in my name with your head at the Venerable Sāriputta's feet, saying: 'Venerable sir, the householder Anāthapiṇḍika is afflicted, suffering, gravely ill; he pays homage with his head at the Venerable Sāriputta's feet.' And say this: 'It would be good, venerable sir, if the Venerable Sāriputta would come to the residence of the householder Anāthapiṇḍika, out of compassion.'"
"Yes, sir," that man replied to the householder Anāthapiṇḍika, and he approached the Venerable Sāriputta; having approached, he paid homage to the Venerable Sāriputta and sat down to one side. Seated to one side, that man said this to the Venerable Sāriputta: "Venerable sir, the householder Anāthapiṇḍika is afflicted, suffering, gravely ill; he pays homage with his head at the Venerable Sāriputta's feet. And he says this: 'It would be good, venerable sir, if the Venerable Sāriputta would come to the residence of the householder Anāthapiṇḍika, out of compassion.'" The Venerable Sāriputta consented by silence.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.