[348] 2.
"The paddy has been carried in, the sālī rice has gone to the threshing floor,
yet I obtain no almsfood — what shall I do?"
"Recollect the immeasurable Buddha, full of confidence;
with your body suffused with rapture (pīti), you will be constantly uplifted.
The immeasurable Dhamma …
The immeasurable Saṅgha …"
"You dwell in the open air,
and cold are these nights of winter;
do not be overcome by the cold and afflicted —
enter your dwelling, its bolt fastened."
"I shall attain the four boundless states (appamaññā),
and through them I shall dwell in happiness;
I shall not be afflicted by the cold,
dwelling unshaken."
The Elder Tekicchakāni.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.