[2012] "They have ploughing and trade³ carried on, they rear goats and sheep,
they give away maidens, and they both give and take in marriage;
though they are just the same as Ambaṭṭhas and Vessas, they too are called brahmins (brāhmaṇa).
These have been declared to you, O great king — shall we bow down before such as these?"
[Siam Raṭṭha apparatus: ¹ Burmese ed.: *vibhītakaṃ*; Sinhalese and European eds.: *ambajambuvibhīṭakaṃ*. ² Sinhalese and Burmese eds.: *vipaṇenti*. ³ Burmese ed.: *kāsivāṇijjaṃ*; Sinhalese and European eds.: *kāsiṃ vaṇijjaṃ*. — Notes ¹ and ² pertain to words in the preceding verse.]
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.