Udayajātaka

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Jātaka (1) · Vol. 27 · Section 1531

[1531] A man, when wooing a woman with wealth, raises his offer wherever he would rouse her desire; but your godly way (devadhamma) is the very reverse: before my very eyes, you come with ever less.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.